2015/2105(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the EU's new strategy on trade and investment entitled 'T Trade for All - towards a more responsible trade and investment policy' and stresses th~~e fundamental role of trade in the areas of peace, growth and employment~~at international trade plays not only a decisive role on the economic development and cooperation of countries in the globalized economy but has a fundamental influence on peace, social and ecological sustainable growth, employment, eradication of poverty and food security, human rights as well as fighting climate change; recognizes therefore the growing responsibility of the EU to contribute to answer these challenges in its global trade and external relations;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for the EU's external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as migration, human rights and development policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; Stresses in this regard, that trade policy is a fundamental and integral part of the EU's broader foreign policy; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for the EU's external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as migration policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries; considers, moreover, that the consistency of the EU's trade strategies in relation to its partners also needs to be increased, by refraining from adopting significantly different behaviours and approaches according to the partner;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for the EU's external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as ~~migration~~arms trade, migration policy and development policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that EU trade policy is an instrument of economic diplomacy as it contributes to compliance with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy and peace, the rule of law, ~~human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights~~the universality and indivisibility of human rights, including core labour rights and fundamental freedoms, the respect of human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, the gender dimension, as well as the protection of the environment; underlines the need for the EU trade policy to be consistent with and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy contributes to compliance with the values and standards upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Wnotes that European companies and investors have the obligation to uphold these values in order to end bad trade practices such as land grabbing and sourcing of conflict minerals; welcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy contributes to compliance with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights and must be in line with other EU policies such as the fight against climate change and the decarbonisation of the European economy; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 16 #

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy contributes to compliance with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Welcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed; takes the view that that EU trade policy will only ever be truly effective if all the major players in world trade abide by the same rules, including on public procurement;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy should contributes, whenever possible, to compliance with the ~~values upheld by the EU such as~~implementation of democracy, ~~the~~ rule of law~~, human rights and the protection of the environment and social~~ and basic human rights; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy must contributes to ~~compliance with the values upheld by the EU~~protecting and promoting universal values such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that trade policy should contributes to compliance with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and will remain attentive to the measures proposed; regrets, however, that EU conditionality is not always applied firmly and consistently;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the EU's new strategy on trade and investment entitled 'Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy' and stresses the fundamental role of trade in the areas of interdependence, peace, growth and employment; notes that EU trade policy is closely interlinked with, but should not override, the aims of the Union's foreign policy and development policy;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that t~~rade policy contributes to~~he Union's trade policy must compl~~iance~~y with the values upheld by the EU such as democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of the environment and social rights; Wwelcomes the Commission's announcement of the incorporation in trade agreements of tools aimed at fighting corruption and at addressing corporate obligations and will remain attentive to the measures proposed;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the Commission's announcements of several initiatives supporting fair trade, and endorses in particular the proposal to establish a European Fair Trade Capital Award;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that all EU trade agreements should contain conditionality clauses which allow the EU to enforce and promote universal values in third countries; notes that political will is needed to be able to actually use these clauses and hold third countries to commitments made;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission for further measures against aggressive tax planning and tax avoidance, which distort trade and competition and have a detrimental effect on tax revenue, especially for developing countries;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Encourages the Commission to develop more ambitious measures in order to make fair trade principles the guiding standard of international trade relations;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the GSP~~, GSP+ and EBA~~+ system is are tools which enables these values to be upheld and insists on the importance of ~~their~~its effective implementation and monitoring; points out that Everything But Arms (EBA) is automatically granted to all Least Developed Countries, deplores that there are serious human rights violations occurring in several of the currently 49 beneficiary countries and calls on the Commission to make use of suspension procedures for EBA in all cases of continued violations;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the GSP, GSP+ and EBA ~~systems are tools which enable these values to be upheld and~~trading agreements are tools which, thanks due to their mutually beneficial nature, help to implement improvements in democracy, rule of law and basic human rights; insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the GSP, GSP+ and EBA systems are tools which enable these values to be upheld and insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring; awaits with interest the publication of the Commission's first biennial status report on the implementation of the GSP+ and calls on the Commission to ensure that Parliament is involved in this monitoring process;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the GSP, GSP+ and EBA systems are essential tools which ~~enable these values to be upheld and~~uphold EU values and enable economic development of Least Developed Countries; insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring;

Amendment 29 #

Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the GSP, GSP+ and EBA systems arcould be tools which enable these values to be upheld and insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the EU's new strategy on trade and investment entitled 'Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy' and stresses the fundamental role of trade in the areas of peace, growth and employment, where it is geared to the welfare of peoples and not only to profit- related purposes and schemes which have a harmful impact;

Amendment 30 #

Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that EU trade policy is an instrument of economic diplomacy ~~and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to establish trade tools which will make an effective~~that could also make a contribution to Europe's anti-terrorism policy;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that EU trade policy is an key instrument of economic diplomacy ~~and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to establish trade tools which will make an effective contribution to Europe's anti-terrorism policy~~;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that EU trade policy is an instrument of economic diplomacy and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to establish trade tools which will make an effective contribution to Europe's anti-terrorism policy; considers that fair trade policies, in both third countries and the EU, that are able to contribute to the well-being of those sections of the population suffering the greatest hardship, have the potential to counter radicalisation and, ultimately, terrorism;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that EU trade policy is an instrument of economic diplomacy and calls on the Commission to put forward proposals to establish trade tools which will make an effective contribution to Europe's anti-terrorism policy, stresses the need of further strengthening the control of trading dual use goods and the consequent implementation of the International Arms Trade Treaty obligations;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission for further study on the impact of EU exports of arms, surveillance technology and dual use technology to third countries on the EU's security landscape and on the effectiveness of the EU's humanitarian and development policy efforts; calls on the Commission for an updated dual-use export control regulation; calls on the Member States for stricter implementation of the Code of Conduct on Arms Exports;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for the systematic inclusion of binding, enforceable and non-negotiable human rights clauses in the EU's international agreements, including trade and investment agreements concluded or to be concluded with third countries, and calls for improved consultation of Parliament in the early stages of the negotiation process for trade and investment agreements, for effective monitoring of the application of human rights clauses and for reporting back to Parliament human rights aspects of the agreements; recalls, to this end, the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union policy on the matter, as approved by the European Parliament on 12 March, 2015;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for trade to be sustainable and responsible; underlines the importance of implementing binding chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place in accordance with existing international conventions; notes with regret that the Commission has concluded Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with West Africa and East Africa that do not contain meaningful sustainable development chapters; calls on the Commission to renegotiate the respective agreements before presenting them for ratification to the European Parliament;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Takes note of the EU's new strategy on trade and investment entitled 'Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy' and stresses the fundamental role of trade in the areas of peace, growth, and employment and remains critical about the current practise of European arms exports;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Emphasises~~Understands the emphasis that some stakeholders place on the need for ~~trade to be~~ so- called "sustainable" and "responsible" trade; under~~line~~stands the importance ofthese stakeholders place on implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which ~~will enabl~~they hope will force tough social and environmental standards onto ~~be put in place~~third parties;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need ~~for trade to be~~to conduct sustainable and responsible~~; underlines~~ trade policies; highlights the importance to produce preliminary thorough assessments of the social and environmental impact of the main trade agreements and underlines, in this regard, the importance of implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for trade to be sustainable and responsible; notes that responsible trade and investment also means paying a fair share of taxes; underlines the importance of implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place; stresses the European Parliament's role in monitoring the negotiation and implementation processes of trade agreements;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for trade which is sustainable and responsible; underlines the importance of implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place; calls on the Commission to take greater account of these issues when carrying out ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of such agreements;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for trade to be sustainable and responsible; underlines the importance of implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place throughout the entire supply chain, in close cooperation with the International Labour Organisation (ILO);

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for rules-based trade to be sustainable and responsible; underlines the importance of implementing chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Emphasises the need for trade to be sustainable and responsible; ~~underlines the importance of~~stresses that it is now vital to implement~~ing~~ chapters on sustainable development in trade agreements which will enable tough social and environmental standards to be put in place;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of trade agreements by increasing the involvement of Parliament and stakeholders; stresses the importance of placing greater emphasis on compliance with and implementation of the agreements by our partners;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of trade agreements, including by increasing the involvement of Parliament and stakeholders, making sure that the benefits of closed agreements are actually felt by Europeans;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of trade agreements, including in particular commitments on human rights and core labour rights, by increasing the involvement of Parliament and stakeholders;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the EU's new strategy on trade and investment entitled 'Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy' and stresses the fundamental role of trade in the areas of peace, development, growth, and employment;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of trade agreements by increasing the involvement of Parliaments and stakeholders providing the framework for an adequate and transparent monitoring and oversight;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the proper implementation of trade agreements by increasing the involvement of Parliament and all civil society stakeholders;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that ~~multilateral trade negotiations remain a priority for the EU, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations in~~the strengthening of the multilateral trade architecture remains the overall priority for the EU; takes into consideration that conducting bilateral negotiations should be only part of this general multilateral orientation and guided therefore by an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations remain a priority for the EU~~, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations~~ and must be conducted consistently, in an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that multilateral trade negotiations remain a priority for the EU, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations in an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit; also asks the Commission to develop specific trade strategies tailored to certain regions, particularly Asia, in the light of the recent conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that engagement with the WTO and multilateral trade negotiations remain a priority for the EU, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations in an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit; urges the Commission to pursue the proposed International Trade Dispute System in order to move beyond the current problematic ISDS in bilateral trade agreements, such as TTIP;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that multilateral trade negotiations are~~main a~~ the priority for the EU~~, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations in an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit~~ and notes that an inclusive, multilateral approach is more likely to safeguard economic stability in least developed countries and thus contribute to overall European and global security; recognizes that the EU is also conducting bilateral negotiations and the adverse effects it has on multilateral trade negotiation outcomes, as seen in the last Doha Ministerial Conference in Nairobi;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Amendment 58 #

Brando BENIFEI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. RWelcomes the long-awaited achievement of an agreement during the WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi under the Doha Round; regrets its lack of scope and ambition but underlines the chance to move beyond the Doha Development Agenda and the possibility to finally make the WTO more reflective of the current global economic reality and the respective economic weight of its member countries; recalls that multilateral trade negotiations remain a priority for the EU, which is also conducting bilateral negotiations in an ambitious spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recalls the need for the EU to ensure stability in its neighbourhood and calls for greater economic integration between its eastern and Mediterranean neighbours, notably via fostering trade relations;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that trade agreements and EU trade policy are a key tool to strengthen the global rules-based trading system, which is increasingly coming under pressure; notes that this is especially crucial for the EU, given its heavily trade- dependent economy; underlines that the EU needs to aim towards setting high global standards through its trade policy, especially with regard to consumer protection, human and social rights, the environment, and animal and plant health;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Underlines that effective export control legislation is also a key aspect of EU trade policy; in this regard, calls on the European Commission to present a legislative proposal for an update of EU dual use export control legislation without further delay, which is needed to make sure that EU companies are not involved in human rights violations in third countries and to align the EU's strategic goals and universal values;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Points out that trade negotiations ought not lead to the watering down of European standards and must protect European citizens and safeguard our social choices and the right of states to regulate;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to continue its efforts in the fields of communication, transparency and access to negotiation documents and to improve coordination and information exchange between the Commissioners and the Directorates- General, the EEAS, the Council, Parliament and civil society; stresses that the improved access to documents related to the TTIP negotiations should be equally granted for documents related to all other ongoing negotiations of trade agreements.

Amendment 63 #

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Urges the Commission to continue its efforts in the fields of communication, transparency and access to negotiation documents and to improve coordination and information exchange between the Commissioners and the Directorates- General, the EEAS, the Council, Parliament and civil society; calls in this connection on the European Union and its Member States to adopt a roadmap for external action to show the way in the medium and long term.

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to continue its efforts in the fields of communication, transparency and access to negotiation documents and to improve coordination and information exchange between the Commissioners and the Directorates- General, the EEAS, the Council, Parliament, as well as the consultation with social partners and civil society organizations.

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to continue, and to step up, its efforts in the fields of communication, transparency and access to negotiation documents and to improve coordination and information exchange between the Commissioners and the Directorates- General, the EEAS, the Council, Parliament and civil society.

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for the EU's external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as migration policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries; stresses that trade and investment agreements should be part of a wider political relationship; asks for better coordination between the EEAS and Commission DGs, in particular International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO), Trade (TRADE) and Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (EMPL); stresses that EU Delegations on the ground can play an important facilitation role on the respect of the EU fundamental values and rights;

Amendment 8 #

Marielle DE SARNEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the need for all of the EU's external, trade, development, agricultural, environmental and energy policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, such as migration policy, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the central coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries, and calls on the Member States to speak with one voice;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the ~~need~~obligation for the EU's external policies to be consistent with each other and with other policies with an external dimension, ~~such~~in particular such as development, human rights, democratisation and strengthening of civil societies as well as migration policyies, and to pursue the objectives set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union; underlines in this context the ~~central~~important coordinating role of the Vice- President/High Representative, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and EU delegations in third countries;

source: 575.162

2016/02/22 DEVE 64 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Emphasise~~Recalls that ~~open~~ trade ~~is an engine for growth, development and wealth creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also am~~liberalization is not positive, per se, in terms of reducing poverty and inequalities, and could even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulated and accompanied by binding control mechanism for corporations and by re- distributiong th~~e richest~~rough fair and progressive tax systems;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the importance of the potential contribution of trade policy to sustainable development was recently reaffirmed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; recalls that the Sustainable Development Goals include several trade-related targets across a number of policy areas; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to safeguard the right of countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries' strategic economic sectors and do not challenge partner countries efforts to increase the domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chains;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the importance of the potential contribution of trade policy to sustainable development was recently reaffirmed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; agrees with the Commission that open markets should not entail compromising on core principles, like human rights and sustainable development, high quality safety and environmental regulation and public services; recalls that the Sustainable Development Goals include several trade- related targets across a number of policy areas;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 13 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the importance of the potential contribution of trade policy to sustainable development was recently reaffirmed in the Addis Ababa outcome document and in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; recalls that the Sustainable Development Goals include several trade-related targets across a number of policy areas;

Amendment 15 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Patrizia TOIA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Welcomes that the communication "Trade for All" reaffirms the principle of policy coherence for development and aims at 'a more responsible' trade and investment policy, namely by contributing to the SDGs and the inclusive growth in developing countries; welcomes also the commitment to undertake in-depth analysis of the potential effects of new FTAs on LDCs; urges the Commission to put its words into action and to make all EU trade-related instruments consistent with the SDGs;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that the nexus connecting trade, economic development and poverty reduction does not function automatically; recalls that despite significant liberalisation efforts, some developing countries, notably LDCs, have failed to diversify production and exports; insists upon EU member states´ responsibility to ensure that benefits of globalisation are fairly distributed and negative impacts are mitigated;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that trade policy is not an end in itself and that trade should not only be free, but fair for all involved; recalls also that open trade in itself could be source of broader inequality within developing and less developed countries, if not accompanied by human rights and social standard measures;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes the pledge of the Commission to undertake an in-depth analysis of the possible effects of new FTAs on LDCs in sustainability impact assessment; believes that human rights should take precedence over provisions of trade and investment agreements;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for stronger coherence between trade and development policies through an effective and binding sustainable development chapter in all trade agreements; Calls for the introduction in every trade agreement of the requests and needs expressed by local civil society;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Emphasises that open trade is an engine for growth, development and wealth creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest~~Takes note of the Commission's Communication "Trade for All", which aims to set a more responsible trade and investment strategy; urges the Commission to ensure that social and environmental consequences of market opening are properly addressed; in this context, welcomes the Commission's new approach which involves that trade agreements should be a leverage to promote, around the world, values like sustainable development, human rights, fair and ethical trade and the fight against corruption;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Acknowledges that EU's trade and investment policy must respond to consumer's concerns by reinforcing corporate social responsibility initiatives and due diligence across the production chain; however, urges the Commission and the EU member states to move beyond the existing non-binding voluntary approach and to strive instead for mandatory due diligence;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Remembers that every significant initiative in the field of trade policy shall be the subject of a deep sustainability impact assessment;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. WStresses that the new trade strategy should ensure the fulfilment of the right to food; welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’'s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs)); points out however that the banning export subsidies leaves unchanged economic distortions resulting from other direct or indirect subsidies, which enable the EU agricultural sector to export agricultural commodities below their average production costs; recalls that the right to food implies giving policy space to developing countries to enhance their capacity to produce sustainably for local and regional consumption, and to protect their respective population from potentially destructive effects of cheap imports; to this end, stresses that developing countries must be able to use trade tools, including variable customs duties and import quotas;

Amendment 23 #

Paul RÜBIG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs)); underlines the necessity of enriching the WTO negotiations by taking into account the latest technological possibilities especially in view of e-commerce and digital trade; discussing other issues that go beyond the Doha list of issues should be seen a chance to share technological advances much faster and more equally with developing countries while helping to get around the lack of infrastructures especially in remote rural areas;

Amendment 24 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs));Urges, in this regard, the Commission to step up efforts to advance in democratic multilateral fora on trade issues in where all countries are represented on equal footing , following UNCTAD comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development and to position itself as the defender of the interest of developing countries on trade issues;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the advances made at the World Trade Organisation’'s Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade-distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs)); calls on the Commission to support developing and LDCs in the implementation of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation and welcomes, in this regard, EU's initiative of targeting EUR 400 million in funding over five years for supporting trade facilitation reforms and projects such as improving the customs systems of developing and LDCs;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Welcomes the advances made at~~Regrets that there are no references to the DDA in the final text of the World Trade Organisation’'s Ministerial ~~Conference in Nairobi,~~Declaration in Nairobi; notes the advances made in particular in the area of agriculture (e.g. the elimination of trade- distorting agriculture export subsidies, and progress on market access for the least developed countries (LDCs));

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that SDG target 17.15 acknowledges the need to respect each country's policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development; stresses that historical evidence demonstrates the need to protect domestic producers from cheap foreign imports during nascent economic development; in this context, reiterates the right of developing countries to place high tariffs upon products emanating from the EU in strategic import-competing sectors in order to be able to fulfil the SDGs and to regulate investment so as to ensure obligations and duties for all investors, including foreign, with the aim of protecting human rights, labour and environmental standards;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that ~~open~~ trade ~~is an engine for growth, development and wealth creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest~~and investment agreements shall be a powerful mean to strengthen sustainable development, promote human rights, labour and social standards and environmental sustainability worldwide;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recognises the increasing diversity among developing countries as regards their integration into the multilateral trade system and the respective benefits thereof; calls for specific regimes for LDCs in particular, whose share of global trade is marginal; ~~welcom~~accordingly, encourages the Commission to explore more flexible ways to achieve WTO-compatible asymmetrical market access, ~~therefore, the revision of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP);~~ including through waivers from WTO rules, and to demonstrate flexibility in partner discussions; welcomes the revision of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) as a way to provide incentives and support for human rights, sustainable development and good governance; in particular, insists upon defining binding conditionalities on core labour and environmental standards, with effective remedy mechanisms;

Amendment 31 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the rise of emerging economies which have become the main drivers of global economic growth; for the first time in history, developing countries as a whole account for more than half of world trade, which has contributed significantly to lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to enforce supply chain due diligence; calls on the Commission to support developing countries to increase their domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chains;

Amendment 33 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Linda McAVAN, Patrizia TOIA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity-building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; ~~notes, however, that without serious efforts by the count~~calls EU Aid for Trade and technical assistance must aim to empower poor producers, micro and small enterprises ~~directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constrain~~, women equality and women empowerment and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity-building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; notes, however, that without serious efforts by the countries directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constraints; calls the EU and its Member States to commit to increase Aid for Trade (AfT) support for developing countries, LDCs, while addressing fair and ethical trade in the upcoming revision of its Aid for Trade strategy, as announced in the communication "Trade for All";

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity-building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; in particular, deems that Aid for Trade should help promoting processing and diversification of production; assist regional integration; technology transfers, and help facilitate the establishment or development of domestic productive capacity and reducing income inequality; notes, however, that without serious efforts by the countries directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constraints;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Stresses~~Points to the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity- building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; notes, however, that without serious efforts by the countries directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constraints; calls on the European Union to boost its support programmes in the areas of good governance, natural- resource management and taxation;

Amendment 37 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity-building, technical assistance, business support policies for SMEs and regional integration; notes, however, that without serious efforts by the countries directly concerned and significant improvements in governance, trade cannot – in isolation – help countries to overcome development constraints; in this regards, emphasizes the importance of focusing on pursuing targets under the Sustainable Development Goal 16 of the Agenda 2030;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points up the importance of infrastructure facilities, transport and new technologies within trade and investment; calls on the European Union to back the establishment of high-calibre infrastructure facilities and transport and improved access to new technologies in developing countries;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines that the premature and rapid trade liberalisation that many low- income developing countries were encouraged to undertake in the 1980s and 1990s led to de-industrialisation and a form of integration that intensified their dependence on and vulnerability to external markets; in reverse, the countries that have benefited the most from trade liberalisation and have experienced the largest reductions in absolute poverty are those that have opened their economies moderately, gradually in line with the development of their productive capacities, and have made progress towards structural transformation;

Amendment 4 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that open trade ~~is an~~remains a crucial engine for growth, sustainable development and wealth creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest as well that trade has helped to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty; recognizes, however, that not all developing countries have enjoyed such gains and that least developed countries (LDCs) in particular remain marginalised in global trade;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Points to the role of banking services in the development of trade and investment; calls on the European Union to support action to foster access to banking services in developing countries;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a key development instrument for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run; stresses, however, that their scope is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growthdomestic markets, boosted by the demand side, are critical to economic transformation and diversification of ACP countries; expresses its serious doubts about the ability of Economic Partnership Agreements to put into effect the "development dimension" of trade in a context of premature reciprocal liberalisation; in particular, recalls EPA's potential adverse effects on intra-African trade, import flooding, deindustrialisation and loss of fiscal revenues, while stringent EU Rules of Origin, hygiene requirements for food-processed products and high tariffs placed upon processed goods would continue to stifle developing countries' entry into European markets;

Amendment 43 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Norbert NEUSER, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) arshould be a key development instrument ~~for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run~~in order to produce wellness; recalls furthermore that EPAs should go together with instruments devoted to the removal of inequality ; stresses, ~~however,~~ that their scope ~~is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growth~~should be conceived in order to support local investors and services providers;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) arcan be a key development instrument for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run~~; stresses, however, that their scope is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growth~~ and promote human rights; calls on the EU to establish specific monitoring structure in the EPAs dedicated to sustainable development and that ensure the proper involvement of civil society organisations and trade unions as well as to include stronger human rights clauses with coherent means of implementation;

Amendment 45 #

Ádám KÓSA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a key development and regional-integration instrument for helping to alleviate poverty in the long run; stresses, however, that their scope is still mainly limited to goods, and that expanding them to services and investment would considerably increase potential for growth; calls on the European Union to encourage the signing of definitive EPAs;

Amendment 48 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGS; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of DFIs, PPPs to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development of their projects;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Regrets that the communication "Trade for All" does not make any reference to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in 2020; calls on the EU to engage in a broad consultation and dialogue process, including with our ACP countries, about the post-Cotonou framework;

Amendment 5 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that open trade ismust be an engine for growth~~, development and wealth creation~~ and sustainable development; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that, in order to be meaningful, the sustainable development provisions in EPAs and future cooperation framework must be robust, mandatory and enforceable ; more broadly, calls on ACP-EU partners to adhere to legally binding environmental and labour standards to ensure sustainable use of resources and to abide by the principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR) throughout the whole lifecycle of projects, including by respecting i.e. the UN Global Compact on human rights, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO core labour standards, environmental standards, UN Convention Against Corruption;

Amendment 51 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Elly SCHLEIN, Arne LIETZ, Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ, Norbert NEUSER, Patrizia TOIA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls the EC to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges, in this regard, the EC to enhance due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, for other sectors; thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights and the highest social and environmental standards;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to include strong and comprehensive sustainable development chapters, which are effectively implemented and enforced, in EU's trade and investment agreements; calls in particular for provisions that ensure human rights, labour rights, environmental and social protection as well as gender equality;

Amendment 53 #

Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Arne LIETZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Believes that global supply chain should be managed more sustainably; insists accordingly upon the need to reinvigorate the multilateral trading system of WTO; but stresses the need to promote local production, including short food supply chains;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the Commission to improve policy coherence for development in trade policy in particular as it relates to public health; asks the Commission to support developing countries in making effective use of the flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement and recognised by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001, in order to be able to provide essential medicines at affordable prices under their domestic public health programmes; calls on the Commission to provide full transparency of the content of its intellectual property related assistance programmes for low and middle income countries and ensure that parallel assistance on intellectual property does not undermine other health-related development projects;

Amendment 55 #

Paul RÜBIG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. SEmphasises that in line with Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals it is of utmost importance to foster good governance structures throughout the world in order to create fair access to justice for all and to build effective and accountable institutions at all levels; underlines that trade agreements and foreign direct investments could be a decisive tool to set the right incentives to ensure the realisation of this goal; in this context stresses that corruption is a major non- tariff barrier in developed and developing countries; welcomes the Commission’s intention to include ambitious anti- corruption provisions in all future trade agreements.

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that corruption is a major non- tariff barrier in developed and developing countries; welcomes the Commission’s intention to include ambitious anti- corruption provisions in all future trade agreements; calls on the European Union to back the introduction of measures to enhance legal certainty for investment.

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that recent EU Free Trade Agreements systematically include provisions on trade and sustainable development in order to maximize the potential of increased trade and investment; welcomes in this respect the conclusion of the EU-Vietnam FTA which is the most ambitious and comprehensive FTA that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country;

Amendment 58 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasizes that in order for the developing countries to take full advantage of trade and investment opportunities, it is necessary to continue supporting domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) reforms in developing countries as to help improve their capacity to increase revenues and to tackle tax evasion and avoidance by supporting the design of efficient, effective, fair and transparent tax systems in line with principles of good governance;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to follow UNCTAD´s Comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that ~~open~~ trade liberalisation is an engine for economic integration and growth, development ~~and~~, wealth creation and job creation; recalls that the countries most integrated into the world economy are also among the richest;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. calls for effectiveness, remembering that it should be a priority to conclude in a balanced way the ongoing trade negotiations and to ensure that the potential benefits for the developing countries of the trade agreements which have already been concluded become reality;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the EU and its Member States actively engage with the UN Human Rights Council in its work towards an international treaty that would hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. remembers that high quality interim and ex-post evaluations should be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have brought the intended results;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls on the EU to ensure in all its trade and investment policies a human needs based approach to debt sustainability through a binding set of standards to define responsible lending and borrowing, debt audits and fair debt workout mechanism, which should assess the legitimacy and the sustainability of countries' debt burdens and possible cancellation of unsustainable an unjust debt;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Asks the EU to engage constructively in the UN negotiations on multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring with a view to alleviating the debt burden and avoid unsustainable debt;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that only fair and properly regulated trade if aligned with SDGs could have potentialities for development;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In particular, welcomes the pledge of the Commission that no trade agreement will ever lower levels of regulatory protection; that any change to levels of protection can only be upward; and that the right to regulate will always be protected;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls the Commission to strength the binding enforceability of SDGs and include comprehensive sustainable development chapters in all trade agreements;

source: 578.456

2016/02/25 ITRE 87 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies ~~must~~should be aimed at c~~rea~~ontributing to sustainable economic growth and ~~high-quality, decent job~~creation of high-quality jobs in decent working conditions, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way ~~as to form part of an~~ to be in line with the re-industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;

Amendment 10 #

1a. In the context of world market contraction and recession, trade and investments policies should take this into account and take alternatives to promote the job creation and sustainable and environmental friendly growth, boosting the public investment as a key priority for economic recovery;

Amendment 11 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Pavel TELIČKA, Carolina PUNSET, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission’s "Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy" initiative; considers trade and investment to be of critical importance in driving the EU’s economic recovery through opening up new export markets for EU industry, creating jobs and growth, and boosting EU competitiveness;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes the growing importance of services for international trade and the stronger inter-linkages between services, manufacturing and foreign direct investment as global value chains become ever more significant; believes that this interconnectivity has to be considered in all trade negotiations for the European industry to enjoy full benefits;

Amendment 13 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the importance of maintaining the high standards in terms of health and safety legislation and environmental standards in EU industry and manufacturing. Calls on the Commission to ensure trade agreements consolidate these standards and help create a level playing field internationally;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Having regard to the Report of ITUC "Frontlines report 2016 - Scandal inside the global supply chain of 50 top companies";

Amendment 15 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Whereas trade and investment policies should repeal the participation of multinationals companies that you use tax rulings and tax avoidance;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports; the importance of start-ups is equally growing and should be appropriately reflected;

Amendment 17 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, ~~which~~employ more than 6 million people and directly export goods outside the EU, and account for one third of EU exports;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports, representing the majority of the social fabric and of the job creation in Europe;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports, and highlights the increasingly important role played by innovative SMEs and start-ups;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth and high-quality, decent jobs, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity and also on reciprocal market opening and ensuring a level playing field within and outside the EU;

Amendment 20 #

Seán KELLY

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports; therefore highlights that transition periods should be taken into consideration, allowing industry sectors and SMEs to adjust to the impacts of new trade agreements; calls for future trade agreements to systematically devote specific chapters to SMEs;

Amendment 21 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Carolina PUNSET, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the outstanding importance of SMEs to trade and investment, ~~given that there are~~parallel to their strategic industrial importance, which goes way beyond their quantitative high importance, with more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, ~~which~~ accounting for one third of EU exports;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs ~~in the EU, which account for one third of EU expor~~which engage in trade outside the EU and account for one third of EU exports; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s proposal to include an SME dedicated chapter in all EU Free Trade Agreements;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines the difficulties that EU SMEs have in tapping into the growth potential that international trade and investment agreements offer. Therefore calls on the Commission to encourage more SMEs to expand their businesses and to engage in extra-EU trade. Furthermore, calls on the Commission to provide user-friendly information on trade opportunities for SMEs and to provide them with the support needed to benefit from these opportunities including through EU structural funds;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses the importance of ‘transition periods’ for industry sectors and SMEs to adjust to the impact of new international trade agreement. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU industry is given the support necessary to face this adaptation and for this transition to be taken into account already at negotiating stages;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on the Commission to incorporate specific chapters in trade agreements to benefit SMEs´;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Notes that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of trade agreements;~~deleted

Amendment 27 #

3. Notes that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of trade agreements; therefore calls for the introduction of binding and enforceable labour and environmental standards in all EU trade agreements;

Amendment 28 #

Seán KELLY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that ~~sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be~~trade policy is a tool to promote social and environmental pillars of sustainable development and welcomes the Commission’s call to promote an ambitious and in~~dispensable part of trade~~novative sustainable development chapter in all trade and investment agreements;

Amendment 29 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Note~~Reminds that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of any trade agreements where the European Union enters;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth and high-quality, decent jobs, and th~~at future trade agreement~~ese policies should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition ~~and reciprocity~~;

Amendment 30 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Carolina PUNSET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that sustainable production requires ~~decent work and~~ environmental, social and labour standards~~, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must be an indispensable part of trade agreements~~ which should be incorporated into all trade agreements and their adequate application should be closely monitored;

Amendment 31 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY, Gianluca BUONANNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the need for targeted protectionism to be applied to strategic industrial sectors;

Amendment 32 #

Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the EU’s leadership in climate action and considers it crucial that ambition is maintained in this regard; stresses, therefore, the importance of including safeguards in trade agreements that prevent carbon leakage given that the displacement of efficient EU processes to less sustainable systems could lead to increases in overall global emissions, which would be counterproductive to meeting the objectives outlined at COP21;

Amendment 33 #

Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to draw up, as soon as possible, a detailed and comprehensive impact assessment of the possible awarding of market economy status to China, paying particular attention to the impact of various policy options on jobs in the EU's manufacturing sector, on consumers, investment and the competitiveness of the EU, including that of SMEs;

Amendment 34 #

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry; is opposed to any reduction of tariffs on those energy-sensitive goods where EU regulatory, environment and climate compliance cost render EU production uncompetitive in comparison to non-EU imports that do not bear such costs;

Amendment 35 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY, Gianluca BUONANNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry; calls to this end for the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy procedures to be speeded up and for the estimated harm done to European industry to be evaluated in such a way as to have the strongest deterrent effect possible;

Amendment 36 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Bernd LANGE, David MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 37 #

David BORRELLI, Dario TAMBURRANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 38 #

Esther DE LANGE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the ~~importance~~necessity of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping~~, or~~ and especially the dumping of ~~cheap~~ products in Europe, as this ~~could~~ de-stabilises European industry;

Amendment 39 #

Edouard MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable gpro~~wth~~sperity and high-quality, decent jobs, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;

Amendment 40 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Pavel TELIČKA, Carolina PUNSET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry; urges the European Commission to include in its Working Programme the development of effective, updated legislative tools allowing the Union to prevent such practices, which are affecting heavily our industrial recovery and our capacity to invest, innovate and compete;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the importance of preventing the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including ~~social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this could de-stabilise European industry~~all kinds of dumping as well as protectionist and discriminatory measures, as this could de-stabilise European industry; calls on the Commission to make use of all measures available to fight unfair trading practices from third countries and to modernise its trade defence instruments in order to improve their reactivity and effectiveness;

Amendment 42 #

Gianluca BUONANNO, Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses th~~e importance of~~at it is vital to prevent~~ing~~ the EU’s trading partners from engaging in anti-competitive practices, including social or environmental dumping, or the dumping of cheap products in Europe, as this ~~could~~ de- stabilises European industry and contributes to the relocation of production;

Amendment 43 #

Nadine MORANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that China's gaining market economy status would under the current conditions make it more difficult to launch anti-dumping procedures directed at Chinese exports;

Amendment 44 #

Theresa GRIFFIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Bernd LANGE, David MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that all available instruments must be employed to facilitate trade by removing non-tariff barriers and combating protectionist and discriminatory measures by the EU’s trading partners, along with unfair trading practices;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. In light of the rapidly deteriorating situation in crucial industrial sectors, such as steel or ceramics, urges the European Commission and the Council of Ministers of the European Union to expedite as a matter of priority the reform of the EU’s trade defence instruments initiated in 2013; stresses that the European Parliament adopted its position on this reform on 5 February 2014 (2013/0103(COD)), which notably called for shortening the duration of anti- dumping investigations, extending the right to request trade defence investigations to workers’ representatives as well as employers’, and introducing exemptions to the lesser-duty rule in order to properly address cases of social and environmental dumping, in full compliance with WTO rules;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that the Commission, when negotiating free trade agreements, should ensure that distortive practices such as dual pricing mechanisms and export restrictions on raw materials are prohibited;

Amendment 47 #

Edouard MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that in the case of all the base metals industries that are strategic to our economy there is a situation of global competition; considers it urgent for the Commission, when defining relevant markets, to take the global market as a reference and not to limit its analysis simply to the internal market;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for more effective enforcement of the existing Trade Defence Instruments (TDI) to tackle unfair competition and asks the Council to conclude work on the legislative proposal on the modernisation of TDIs that is currently at a standstill; additionally calls on the Commission to come up with further measures to improve transparency in this regard;

Amendment 49 #

Edouard MARTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Proposes that the right to refer cases to the Commission with a view to opening anti-dumping investigations be granted to all the European social partners, in other words not just to company management (as is currently the case) but also to the trade unions;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at ~~creating~~opening up new market access for EU businesses in order to create sustainable growth and high- quality, decent jobs~~, and~~; Considers that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity, and ensuring a level playing field for EU industries;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses, including SMEs; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market while aiming for full reciprocity for EU companies in foreign markets;

Amendment 51 #

David BORRELLI, Dario TAMBURRANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market; and operate within a clear legal framework that guarantees the acquired rights of consumers and European industry;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies from oligopolistic markets do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market;

Amendment 53 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Pavel TELIČKA, Carolina PUNSET, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that trade and investment policies ~~can~~ play a significant role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; ~~stresses, however, that trade strategies~~highlights that a Digital Single Market is vital in boosting EU competitiveness and economic growth; stresses that a level playing field must be ensure ~~that non-EU companies do not ta~~d in terms of reciprocity on market access and that non-EU market a~~dvantage of the fragmentation of the EU market;~~ ctors must comply with European industry and consumer standards;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Believes that forward-looking trade and investment policies ~~can play a role in~~are fundamental to the development of the telecoms market, copyright and digital sec~~onomy~~tor in Europe ~~and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategies must ensure that non-EU companies do not take advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market~~, in light of the global nature of the digital economy and digital innovation, to bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; therefore calls on the Commission to remove digital trade barriers and enable cross-border data flow within and outside the EU, within a stable and high standards framework on international data transfers; Underlines in this respect that data localisation requirements are affecting trade negatively and should be avoided; stresses, however, the urgent need to end the fragmentation of the EU market which undermines the competitiveness of the EU at global level;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to address existing trade barriers in the digital economy, cross-border data flows, data storage and data and consumer protection in future trade and investment agreements, so as to ensure that the digital economy can continue to adapt and grow for the benefit of consumers, while acknowledging that data protection and the right to privacy are not a trade barrier, but fundamental rights, which are enshrined in Article 39 TEU and Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as in Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; calls on the Commission to incorporate comprehensive, unambiguous, horizontal, self-standing and legally binding provisions in all EU trade agreements fully exempting the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the right to enforce existing Intellectual Property legislation is preserved, in future trade agreements, particularly in the area of technology transfer;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to ensure respect for the full range of employment and social rights, where services are exported from the EU, or imported into the EU;

Amendment 58 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY, Gianluca BUONANNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to encourage European research bodies to engage more actively with potential partners outside the EU and to optimise investment in research and innovation;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to encourage European research bodies to engage more actively with potential partners outside the EU; , while at the same time cautioning against possible industrial espionage targeting European strategic industries;

Amendment 6 #

Gianluca BUONANNO, Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth, based on domestic demand, and high-quality, decent jobs, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;

Amendment 60 #

Seán KELLY, Bendt BENDTSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to encourage European research bodies to engage more actively with potential partners outside the EU and at the same time to promote active policies to prevent a brain drain to other continents;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)

(a) Emphasises the need to step-up global efforts to further develop clean energy technologies in the move towards a low- carbon economy and therefore encourages the Commission to enhance cooperation on energy research, development and innovation activities with trading partners;

Amendment 62 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers it important to promote economic integration by developing value networks and linking international value chains, especially in the Nordic and Baltic region; considers it important, therefore, to bring about integration into global business systems and enable EU companies to make effective use of worldwide sources of knowledge and ideas and of financial and other resources;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls trade and investment policies to have into account the full respect of EU and international law and policies, specifically in what regards occupied and under conflict territories, as well as in full compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights;

Amendment 64 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls the European Commission to promote the women employment and decent working conditions in the development of the implementation of trade and investment policies;

Amendment 65 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls the Commission to support the inclusion of minorities in the trade and investment policies;

Amendment 66 #

Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources ~~through~~, the development of renewables, as well as promoting energy efficiency;

Amendment 67 #

Nadine MORANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the development of renewables and the exploitation of indigenous conventional resources, as well as promoting energy efficiency;

Amendment 68 #

Esther DE LANGE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the development of renewables, as well as promoting energy efficiency and regional cooperation;

Amendment 69 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Carolina PUNSET, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources ~~through the development of renewables~~, as well as promoting energy efficiency;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creating sustainable growth and high-quality~~, decent~~ jobs, and that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the development of renewables, as well as promoting energy efficiency and ensuring that services for residents offer the best possible value for money;

Amendment 71 #

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote the diversification of energy suppliers~~, routes and sources through the development of renewables, as well as promoting energy efficiency~~;

Amendment 72 #

Seán KELLY, Bendt BENDTSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote energy efficiency, the development of renewables and the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources ~~through the development of renewables, as well as promoting energy efficiency~~;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission~~, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote~~ to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the identification of new energy trading partners and by seeking to remove barriers to international energy trade; Considers theat diversification of energy s~~uppliers, routes and sources through the develop~~ources and suppliers increases competition, bringing lower prices for European energy consumers; stresses, however, that the development and increased deployment of renewables, as well as the promotingon of energy efficiency is crucial to increase energy security and reduce import dependency; recommends that new trade agreements should include a chapter on energy and raw materials;

Amendment 74 #

Angelika MLINAR, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Morten PETERSEN, Philippe DE BACKER, Carolina PUNSET, Kaja KALLAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission~~, given~~ to ensure coherence between the EU’s trade policy and the principles of EU energy policy; stresses the importance of decreasing the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplie~~s, to~~rs and fuels, through promoteing the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources ~~through the development of renewables, as well as promoting~~and intensifying the promotion of renewable energy and energy efficiency; highlights the importance of provisions in Free Trade Agreements to build sustainable energy partnerships as well as enhancing technological cooperation especially in the field of renewables and energy efficiency;

Amendment 75 #

Seán KELLY, Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point a (new)

(a) Welcomes the Commission’s Communication on an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage; considers the recent global natural gas market developments to represent an enormous opportunity for Europe to increase security of energy supply and create a more competitive market; Calls for the swift completion of the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) to ensure the correct infrastructure is in place to benefit from these increased gas trade opportunities;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to note the gender gap in entrepreneurship and to promote investment training and trade opportunities to bridge this gap; calls on the commission to include in all its impact assessment study the gender perspective and the need to tackle phenomena such as the glass ceiling and the gender pay gap;

Amendment 77 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Taking into account rising commodity and energy prices, the progress of other countries in this field, and the advantages offered by ‘green’ industry in terms of energy saving, creating a favourable image, expanding markets, and other economic and social factors, considers it essential to encourage investment in the use of sustainable resources;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls the trade and investment policies of the EU to fully respect the public ownership of strategic assets and to refuse the unfair and unsustainable exploitation of natural resources for trade purposes specifically on the third and poorest countries,

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates the need to combat energy islands in the European Union by opening up new routes, not only facilitating access to existing sources in the EU, as in the case of the Iberian Peninsula, but also enabling access to new suppliers from third countries, such as our partners in North Africa;

Amendment 8 #

Bendt BENDTSEN, Seán KELLY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that 90% of world economic growth over the next 10-15 years will come from outside the EU and that large emerging economies will play a big role in this. Underlines, therefore, the need for Europe to have a solid forward-looking trade strategy that is embedded with coherent industrial policy and research and innovation agenda;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Highlights the importance of reaching a ‘dynamic’ agreement on Environmental Green Goods currently under negotiations, ensuring the agreement can later be opened for more WTO partners to join and in the future include green services; thus promoting European green tech industry and help meet the climate and energy targets agreed upon in the Climate Agreement in Paris 2015 and strengthen security of energy supply in the EU and reduce dependency on fossil fuels;

Amendment 81 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to promote increased investment opportunities for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) entrepreneurship throughout Europe and to develop appropriate user- friendly information on trade opportunities, particularly for BAME entrepreneurs;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the European Commission in the development of their trade and investment policies to avoid the delocalisation of European manufacturing facilities to outside the EU, in order to maintain jobs in the EU Member States;

Amendment 83 #

Marisa MATIAS, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA, Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Cornelia ERNST

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Notes the requirement in the Commission’s ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ to boost investment within the EU, and considers trade strategies to be an essential means of achieving this goal.~~deleted

Amendment 84 #

Gianluca BUONANNO, Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the requirement in the Commission’s ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ to boost investment within the EU, and considers trade strategies to be an essential means of achieving this goal.; does not believe however that greater investment protection is needed in the EU in order to achieve this objective, as foreign investments are already fully protected under EU and domestic law, with appropriate redress mechanism already in place through the European judicial system;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Notes the requirement in the Commission’s ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ to boost investment within the EU~~, and~~; considers ~~trade strategies to be an essential means of achieving this goal.~~, however, that no boosting of investments can be effective within EMU;

Amendment 86 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to take action to ensure compliance with European standards in trade with third countries;

Amendment 87 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Believes that the European patent with unitary effect should be better adapted and used to strengthen SMEs in trade with third countries;

Amendment 9 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY, Gianluca BUONANNO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for the European Union's trade policy to be inspired by the Havana Charter of 24 March 1948, Articles 3 and 4 of which provide that no country should maintain a persistent structural surplus or deficit in its balance of payments;

source: 560.842

2016/02/29 IMCO 97 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Welcomes the Commission's communication on "Trade for all. Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy";

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’'s status as the largest economy in the world, ~~trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while creating jobs and growth at home~~sustainable and responsible trade can be a tool for promoting European values abroad; points out that a new future EU strategy on trade and investment paired by a coherent EU industrial policy, internal market and the economic policies will add value within the EU by fostering economic growth, investment and creating jobs;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’s status as the largest economy in the world, trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting ~~European value~~and supporting European interests, investment and business abroad while creating jobs and growth at home;

Amendment 12 #

Nicola DANTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’'s status as the largest economy in the world, trade is one of its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while having the potential for creating jobs and growth at home;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’s status as the largest economy in the world, fair trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while creating jobs and growth at home;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’s status as the largest economy in the world, trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while creating sustainable jobs and growth at home;

Amendment 15 #

Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’'s status as the largest economy in the world, trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while creating jobs and growth at home; notes the Commission's statement that exports support almost one in seven jobs in the single market;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that, given the EU’s status as the largest economy in the world, trade is its strongest policy tool for promoting European values abroad while creating jobs and growth at home; recalls that the opening up of trade leads to higher productivity, encourages increased external competitiveness and could directly generate economic growth of over 1.5 %, as well as bringing significant consumer benefits;

Amendment 17 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the new trade strategy shall be conducted in the interest of European consumers and in a coherent manner with the principles, objectives and initiatives of the Union´s external actions;

Amendment 18 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that the new EU trade strategy should promote wealth distribution, help fighting against poverty and social and economic inequality and contribute to reinforce the rule of law, labour standards, human rights and fundamental freedoms at the same time as it creates economic growth and prosperity;

Amendment 19 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Points out that the trade policy should be accompanied by appropriate internal EU policies in order to allow consumers and workers in the EU to fully benefit from trade to be equipped with adequate social safety net; recalls the need for EU trade policy to be consistent with the EU´s commitments on human rights and to respect OIT international labour conventions;

Amendment 2 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses th~~e link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open and free global trade is essential to making the single market function and grow~~at EU common trade policy should be fully compatible with other EU policies and objectives and highlights the importance of the link between the single market and EU trade policy; believes that an open, fair and free global trade could strengthen internal and external EU competitiveness, sustainable and durable growth and social cohesion;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Points out that investment in education and innovation are key for the EU to compete successfully on the global markets while maintaining high levels of employment under fair conditions; stresses that social consequences of market opening must not only be addressed but foreseen and absorbed in a way that workers have the skills and tools needed to adapt to new challenges ; Considers therefore essential to invest in education and long life learning;

Amendment 21 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that the strategy reflects an understanding that protectionism has no place in the EU’s internal or external policies and that European goods and services are part of global value chains which make protectionist measures self-defeatingthat European goods and services are part of global value chains; calls on the Commission and Member States to strengthen cross-border value chains of goods and services enhancing the competitiveness of our economies and economic growth by reducing unjustified trade barriers;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that the strategy reflects an understanding that protectionism has no place in the EU’s internal or external policies and that European goods and services are part of global value chains which make protectionist measures self-defeating; Considers that the current trade defence system in the EU needs to be updated to provide a suitable answer to unfair behaviour which affects international trade in a globalised world;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that the strategy reflects an understanding that protectionism has no place in the EU’'s internal or external policies and that European goods and services are part of global value chains which make protectionist measures self-defeating; Draws attention to the fact that China will receive Market Economy Status by the end of 2016; recommends in this sense the introduction of adequate anti-dumping rules as Trade Defence Measures;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that the EU and its trading partners play by equal rules; recalls that the EU must use all tools at its disposal to stand firm against unfair competition and non- compliance with both WTO principles and commitments taken by its trading partners;

Amendment 26 #

Maria GRAPINI, Marlene MIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that it responds to sound legal and logic principles that complainants in investigations have to substantiate their allegations and prove that these measures are in the broader Community interest;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Considers that the European SME´s participation to Global Value Chains is directly linked to the internationalization process; Requests in this sense the that the Commission take more measure in order to facilitate SME´s access to third markets;

Amendment 28 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes note of the new strategy and recalls that commerce has to encourage the development of international trade, while taking account of the specificities and sensibilities of certain sectors and emphasises that European goods and services form part of global value chains;

Amendment 29 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission, as regards the provisions on geographical indications of origin, not to disadvantage developing countries in trade agreements;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that a dynamic, open and f~~ree~~air global trade system is essential to making the single market function and grow; However, notes that this system needs effective, fair, transparent and strong global rules; Highlights that the multilateral rule-based system under the WTO is the most legitimate mean of managing and expanding trade relations in a more transparent and democratic way;

Amendment 30 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission on one hand to support SMEs going global and to make available more internationalization tools, which would result in increased export capacity, and on the other hand to ensure protection of SMEs from unfair trading practices;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that trade policy must support European SMEs, both directly through guidance on overcoming non- tariff barriers towards exporting their goods and services, but also indirectly though supporting their role as part of the supply chains of final product exporters; welcomes the strategy's commit to include SME chapters in all future FTAs as well as cross-chapter references to SMEs;

Amendment 32 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Welcomes the Strategy's comments on the role foreign direct investments plays in the Member States and the single market and supports all efforts towards encouraging greater FDIs in Europe;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Acknowledges that in order for the EU to secure its place in global value chains a joined-up strategy across different areas of economic policy is needed; stresses the importance to ensure responsible management of supply chains, to tackle aggressive corporate profit shifting and tax avoidance strategies that profit from the fragmentation of value chains; Calls on the Commission for further and ambitious measures against aggressive tax planning and tax avoidance (tax rulings) which distort trade and competition, in order to promote balanced trade and fair competition between Member States and with third countries;

Amendment 34 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Highlights the importance of promoting innovation and quality as an added value of European products; notes that the recognition in trade agreements of geographical indications should be a priority, it equally notes that the extension of geographical indications to non- agricultural products could be a tool to encourage international trade expansion; notes that this tool could be effective to fight against commercial frauds and counterfeiting of goods at the same time as it fosters R+D and competitiveness for our businesses;

Amendment 35 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement while ensuring a level playing field for an equal and fair access to it, urges the Commission to defend EU rules and standards when negotiating trade and investment agreements with non EU- countries;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ARecognising that public procurement accounts for 15-20% of global GDP agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic ~~yet~~and ambitious approach to public procurement, especially within TTIP where only 32% of the US market is currently open to EU business;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement; calls on the Commission to work to increase market access for European companies abroad while maintaining open access to the single market via the application of the public procurement directive;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement; Notes that the EU has already opened up its Public Procurement markets to a large extent but that European companies still face restrictions abroad;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement; Welcomes the Commission's current efforts to provide access to third country markets, but considers that further improvements should be made to make this instrument more suited and more easily exploitable by SMEs;

Amendment 4 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open and free global trade is essential to making the single market function ~~and grow~~, grow and work to the benefit of citizens, consumers and small and medium-sized enterprises;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement ensuring reciprocity in access to public procurement; reiterates the importance for the European Union of having a reciprocity instrument for public procurement;

Amendment 41 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement and believes that the amended proposal of the European Commission on an International Procurement Instrument (IPI) could be an important tool to secure reciprocity in the field of International Public Procurement market;

Amendment 42 #

Robert ROCHEFORT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic ~~yet ambitious approach to public procurement~~and ambitious approach to public procurement; recalls the urgent need to improve substantially conditions for granting EU undertakings access to public procurement in third countries; welcomes the publication by the Commission of its amended Proposal for a regulation on the access of third- country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016)0034);

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement; given the legislation on public procurement in the EU which came into force in 2016 and the possibility of reciprocal open market access for public procurement, calls for the achievements of the new directive on public procurement to be put into practice; points out that the fundamental principles for public in-house consultations, public-public cooperation and public-private partnership management systems should always be clearly defined and exempted from the Public Procurement Directive, as regards both the general economy and public utilities (water, energy, transport and the post office); points out, further, that the MEAT criteria applied in the legislation make it possible to use social, labour, quality and environmental considerations as award criteria in public procurement procedures, that they are therefore particularly significant and that they should take priority over purely cost-based decision-making;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission on the need to take a holistic yet ambitious approach to public procurement; Asks for a faster transition to e-procurement in order to facilitate companies' access to public procurement, SME´s in particular;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that public tenders are one of the most promising economic sectors for the European economy and for SMEs in particular; expresses concern at the persisting restrictions in many third countries, which refuse to guarantee European companies similar access to their tender procedures or which apply standards that, in many cases, lack transparency and fairness;

Amendment 46 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes~~Stresses the importance of the Commission’'s ~~pledge~~commitment that no trade agreement will lower EU consumer protection ~~standard~~, labour and environmental standards , which constitute the core of the European social model, while guaranteeing full compliance with the EU acquis;

Amendment 47 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s pledge that no trade agreement will lower the achievements of European consumer protection standards;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’s pledge that no trade agreement will lower consumer protection standards, including in the context of the digital revolution;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the Commission’'s pledge that no trade agreement will lower consumer protection standards and will continue to closely monitor that the ongoing negotiations respect this pledge;

Amendment 5 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open and free global trade is essential to making the single market function and grow in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit;

Amendment 50 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for measures to support consumers in the context of cross-border trade in goods and services with third countries, for example in the form of online help desks which provide information or advice in connection with disputes;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Commission that trade policy can work only if Europe continues its focus on ~~better regulation, cutting red tape and increased competition within the single market~~removing obstacles to the completion of the single market; welcomes the Commissions´ commitment upon which every significant initiative in the field of trade policy will be subject to a sustainability impact assessment; reminds the importance of carrying ex post evaluations and highlights that impact assessments and evaluations including appropriate consultation of all stakeholders are crucial for the formulation of sound, transparent and evidence-based trade policies;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Commission that trade policy can ~~work only~~benefit if Europe ~~continues its~~ focuses on better ~~regulation, cutting red tape and increased competition within the single marke~~and timely regulation within the single market, whilst keeping high levels of protection of consumers, labour and the environment;

Amendment 53 #

Nicola DANTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Commission that trade policy can work only if Europe continues its focus on better regulation, conducting valuable and comprehensive impact assessments, cutting red tape and increased competition within the single market;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Commission that trade policy can work only if Europe continues its focus on better regulation, cutting red tape and increaseding competition within the single market; particularly in the service sector and welcomes mutual transparency and improvement of regulatory processes within trade agreements without infringing on the national right to regulate;

Amendment 55 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Agrees with the Commission that trade policy can work only if Europe continues its focus on better regulation, cutting red tape and increased competition within the single market; asks the Commission to take into account the recommendations of the Parliament as to how to remove non- tariff barriers within the single market in order to ensure free trade both inside and outside the Union's borders;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Acknowledges that transparency in trade is fundamental for consumers trust to better regulation and in order to reinforce public trust within the EU and the legitimacy of EU trade policy abroad; thus, considers it essential that transparency should apply at all stages of the negotiating cycle;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;~~deleted

Amendment 58 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the ~~TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;~~negotiations on a Trade in Services agreement and underlines that as services are already 70% of the EU's GDP and employment, service providers must be given greater access to markets beyond Europe; at the same time, welcomes the commitment to not require governments to change how they regulate or fund public services; (To be read together with the amendment to 7a, which splits the paragraph into two paragraphs)

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;~~ Calls for progress in the negotiations on the agreements of TiSA and TTIP to be consistent with the lines set out in the European Parliament's resolutions of 8 July 2015 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)1a and Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)1b especially as regards to the exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest; a high level of consumer protection and labour and environmental standards; and also what concerns to a new public system for resolving disputes; ____________________ 1aP8_TA-PROV(2015)0252 1bP8_TA-PROV(2016)0041

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open and free global trade is essential to making the single market ~~function~~realise its full potential, function efficiently and grow;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be ambitious, comprehensive and completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure they achieve greater market access for European service providers;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly as ambitious and balanced agreements, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed ~~swiftly~~in a transparent manner, while taking into consideration the impact on SME´s, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;

Amendment 63 #

Robert ROCHEFORT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations~~, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and~~; states that the content thereof is more important than keeping to a timetable; underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers;

Amendment 64 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers; recalls however that the Commission must take the different Member State interests into account when negotiating commitment schedules;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the current and future exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest from trade agreements (including, but not limited to, water, health, social services, social security systems and education, waste management and public transport); welcomes the commitment by the Commission upon which it will not require governments to privatise any service nor prevent them from renationalising once privatised services, nor expanding the range of public interest services they offer to citizens;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the necessity of ensuring a favourable environment enabling SMEs, real drivers for innovation and global growth, to become international;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the TTIP negotiations and asks the Commission to take into account the Parliament's report and the opinion of the IMCO committee, in particular; calls for the negotiations to be completed as soon as possible and asks the Commission to apply greater pressure on their American counterparts to make proposals and commitments in order to move negotiations forward; (To be read together with the amendment to §7, which splits the paragraph into two paragraphs.)

Amendment 68 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marlene MIZZI, Marc TARABELLA, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Olga SEHNALOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls for greater international regulatory cooperation, especially with the United States and Japan;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the highest level of transparency, dialogue and accountability; keeping the European Parliament fully and immediately informed at all stages of the negotiations, ensuring the serious and continuous engagement of the EU institutions with all relevant stakeholders throughout the whole negotiation process as well as with national parliaments and regional and local authorities; furthermore calls on the Commission to encourage EU negotiating partners to equally act in widening transparency thus ensuring the democratic foundation of trade policy, strengthening EU citizens trust and preventing misinformation;

Amendment 7 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Marlene MIZZI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open, fair and free global trade is essential to making the single market function and grow; notes that trade should ultimately be for the benefit of citizens and consumers;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the strategy’'s focus on the global digital market and preventing the development of new unjustified barriers to trade in digital goods and services; supports, ~~in line with data protection rules~~, all measures to increase the free flow of data; however recalls that data protection rules are not a barrier to data flows but a fundamental right and that the latter should never compromise the EU´s acquis on the former;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the strategy’s focus on the global digital market and preventing the development of new barriers to trade in digital goods and services; supports~~, in line with data protection rules,~~ all measures to increase the free flow of data provided EU data protection rules are adhered to;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the ~~strategy’s focus on~~focus given to the Digital Single Market as part of the global digital market and preventing the development of new barriers to trade in digital goods and services; supports, in line with data protection rules, all measures to increase the free flow of data; fully agrees with the statement that regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards are the best tools to address the challenges of the digital economy;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the strategy’s focus on the global digital ~~market~~economy and efforts towards removing existing barriers and preventing the development of new barriers to trade in digital goods and services and ecommerce; supports, in line with data protection rules, all measures to increase the free flow of data;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the strategy’s focus on the global digital market and preventing the development of new barriers to trade in digital goods and services; supports, in line with data protection rules, all measures to increase the free flow of data and all efforts to achieve improved facilitation of online trade on a multilateral level and in parallel with the WTO;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Amendment 76 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Draws attention to the high level of external competitiveness of European services providers; calls on the Commission to pursue, in trade negotiations, both the progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of services and a policy of increased transparency and predictability of rules and regulations, in order that citizens and entrepreneurs of developing countries can have access to a wider range of services, some of which may be provided by highly competitive European services providers;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation~~Supports greater mobility for professionals, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation; Considers that the internal market should ensure the free movement of people; asks the Commission together with the Member States to promote a European mobility that ensures freedom of movement, the principle of equal treatment, and equal access to regulated professions while ensuring fair working conditions for all Europeans;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Calls for negotiations –~~Welcomes discussions within or in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation on a case by case basis whilst appreciating labour market sensitivities and admission requirements for the movement of natural persons established in Member States;

Amendment 79 #

Maria GRAPINI, Marlene MIZZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, and recognition of professional qualifications~~, and visa facilitation~~;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the link between the single market and EU trade policy, and the fact that open, free and f~~ree~~air global trade is essential to making the single market function and grow;

Amendment 80 #

Evelyne GEBHARDT, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals and labour force, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation;

Amendment 81 #

Theodoros ZAGORAKIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, students and trainees, recognition of professional qualifications, and skills and visa facilitation where provided for;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation; calls for strict compliance with the Services Directive in the context of the provision of services, and calls, in that connection, for Article 16 to be complied with and enforced, as only on this basis are comprehensive consumer, employee and environmental protection and security of implementation for providers possible;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for negotiations – in parallel to trade agreements – on greater mobility for professionals, recognition of professional qualifications, and visa facilitation; asks the Commission to inform the Parliament of the current status of the implementation of the Blue Card directive and if it is working in practice;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses that the new digital age reinforces the need to protect the right of access to personal data, the rights to rectification, to be forgotten or to erasure as well as the right to privacy;

Amendment 85 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages the use and creation of further international technical standards based on impact assessments, and all efforts aimed at ensuring the full engagement of our trading partners in international standardisation bodies;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages the use and creation of further international technical standards, and all efforts aimed at ensuring the full engagement of our trading partners in international standardisation bodies; safeguarding high EU standards and preserving the current level of protection of the EU legislation.

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Encourages the use and creation of further international technical standards, and all efforts aimed at ensuring the full engagement of our trading partners in international standardisation bodies; does not believe, however, that a lack of a common international standard should prevent a mutual recognition of equivalence, where appropriate, nor work towards common transatlantic technical standards;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that a well-functioning and digitised customs control system is needed in order to ease and speed up transfers of goods, especially within global supply chains.; encourages the Commission and the Member States to work together towards the prevention of IPR infringing goods entering the EU and towards IPR enforcement in all trade partners;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that a digitised customs control system in addition to improved cooperation between Member State customs and market surveillance authorities is needed in order to speed up transfers of goods~~, especially~~ and tackle counterfeits within global supply chains.;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Supports the Commission's aim of enhancing synergies between trade and internal market policies; recommends that it award priority, in these policies, to measures aimed at creating jobs, improving the trade and investment climate, resistance to economic shocks, fiscal governance and diversification of trade and investment flows, and promoting sustainable development;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that a digitised customs control system is needed in order to speed up transfers of goods, especially within global supply chains. without affecting the quality of control and consumer protection with regard to imported goods and services;

Amendment 91 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Lucy ANDERSON, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Notes that trade and investment negotiations will increasingly address regulatory issues rather than tariffs, such as in the context of the TTIP negotiations; stresses therefore the role of the European Parliament in monitoring the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements to ensure democratic accountability;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Emphasise that trade policy should focus on delivering growth, creating jobs and fostering innovation in order to addresses the concerns of those who feel they are losing out from globalisation; to this end, it is considered essential for this new strategy to improve conditions "for all" - citizens, consumers, workers and the self-employed as well as business, especially SMEs, and the poorest in developing countries;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Supports the Commission's initiative to strengthen the international customs cooperation to make customs procedures more efficient, to reduce costs for traders and to better address security, safety and IPR challenges;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the Commission's actions towards fighting corruption through international trade;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Notes the ongoing shortage of Commission staff assigned to DG Trade and its negotiating teams; calls on the Commission to guarantee that negotiating teams are assigned the staff needed to ensure that all negotiations can be equally treated and agreements speedily adopted, based on the best available technical knowledge;

Amendment 96 #

Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Nicola DANTI, Liisa JAAKONSAARI, Virginie ROZIÈRE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Invites the Commission and the Member States to give serious consideration to the idea of setting up a unified EU customs service for a more effective application of custom rules and procedures throughout the customs territory of the EU;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Stresses that the EU´s new trade strategy cannot be limited to opening new negotiations but must also ensure the proper implementation of negotiated agreements and combat the rise of new unjustified non-tariff barriers among the EU and its trading partners, which limit the effective access of companies to foreign markets;

source: 577.002

2016/04/05 EMPL 104 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Welcomes the general thrust of the future trade strategy presented by the Commission in the document ‘Trade for all. Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’, in particular its focus on a value-based approach aiming at safeguarding the European social and regulatory model at home and using trade agreements and preference programmes as levers to promote, around the world, European values like sustainable development, human rights, fair and ethical trade and the fight against corruption;

Amendment 10 #

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Opposes granting MES to China as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU five technical criteria for defining a market economy;

Amendment 101 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that only national initiatives that tally exactly with the needs of the real economy in each Member State will have a major impact for SMEs where trade defence is concerned;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that governments have the opportunity to adopt socially and environmentally responsible procurement policies; procurement provisions should not prevent governments from addressing societal and environmental needs and the agreement must not restrict the ability to make social demands, as stated in the new EU directives on public procurement; in addition, public procurement policies should be in line with ILO Convention 94 regarding labour clauses in public contracts;

Amendment 103 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Calls on the Commission to make very limited commitments as to future provisions regarding services provided digitally or by electronic means, so as not to undermine the high working standards and conditions in the European Union in an increasingly digitalised economy;

Amendment 104 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that labour standards are excluded from the concepts of non-tariff barriers and technical barriers, and for the Social Partners to be included in the process of regulatory cooperation within a balanced representation, in order to ensure that regulatory cooperation does not restrict the right of governments and the European Parliament to legislate in the public interest and does not lead to regulatory chill or to the weakening of labour standards, including health and safety standards;

Amendment 11 #

Jana TOOM, Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recognises that 90 per cent of global growth is occurring outside of the European Union and therefore underlines the crucial importance of securing opportunities for new market access for EU businesses as well as ensuring fair, non-discriminatory and equal treatment for EU service providers; expects that particular obstacles faced by SMEs are taken into account when negotiating new agreements;

Amendment 12 #

Arne GERICKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the European Commission to take on a global leadership role for the EU in the development of a new 'fair- trade agreement culture';

Amendment 13 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Insists that the Commission should engage in a genuine democratic debate with Parliament and consult the social partners to a greater extent in order to improve clarity in, lay down the framework for, and guarantee the transparency of, the negotiating mandate for all trade agreements;

Amendment 14 #

Jana TOOM, Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Negotiations on further market liberalisation should bear in mind the need for the EU-wide cooperation in order to maintain working conditions in accordance with the respective laws on labour and social affairs and collective agreements in the EU;

Amendment 15 #

Claude ROLIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Is concerned about the impact that granting China market economy status would have, particularly as regards employment in Europe; points out that five criteria must be fulfilled for the EU to grant market economy status, and that China has a long way to go in that regard;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for transparent negotiation; European and national parliaments, European social partners and civil society should have the possibility to contribute to the negotiating process in a meaningful way, in order to promote a more inclusive and relevant agreement;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Encourages trade agreements to be negotiated on a multilateral level rather than a bilateral level;

Amendment 18 #

Jana TOOM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Stresses the need for an effective mechanism to protect European investment abroad; calls for an assessment to evaluate the existing framework to ensure efficiency and correct implementation;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Insists tha~~To conduct sustainability sectorial, regional and national impact assessments ~~are conducted,~~ allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation; demands that the social partners and the civil society are given the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of sustainability impact assessment;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Emphasises that future trade agreements should~~Whereas recommendations for the future trade strategy need to take into account ~~Parliament’s~~the resolutions of the European Parliament on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future course of EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protection of public services (as an European Model to fight against inequalities) is concerned;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that social and sustainability impact assessments are conducted~~, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evalu~~ that focus on impacts on the social and employment situation in the European Union and calls for publication of statistical projections to ensure that each agreement will contribute fairly and significantly to job creation;

Amendment 21 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists ~~that~~, in line with the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law Making agreed recently by the European Parliament and the Member States, that the Commission ensure that impact assessments, including sustainability impact assessments, of new initiatives are conducted, allowing not only for an ex- ante but also for an ex- post evaluation;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that sustainability impact assessments are ~~conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation~~implemented in the course of trade negotiations, assessing the social, economic and environmental impact of future trade agreements; calls on the Commission to monitor the impact of trade agreements allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation; demands that the social partners and civil society are given the opportunity to participate in the design and implementation of sustainability impact assessments;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that sustainability impact assessments including human, social and environmental rights for any trade policy initiative are conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that thorough sustainability impact assessments are conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation and stresses the need to involve the social partners and civil society in this;

Amendment 25 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that effective and transparent sustainability impact assessments arbe conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante evaluation but also for an ex-post evaluation;

Amendment 26 #

Csaba MOLNÁR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that sustainability, economic and social impact assessments are conducted, allowing not only for an ex-ante but also for an ex-post evaluation;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that possible adjustment costs in the EU labour market are countered by a timely intervention on the side of the Commission supporting the affected sectors, regions or Member States; this support could be achieved through EU funding, including an adapted European Globalisation Adjustment Fund with an adequate budget;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that the use of the EGF as proposed by the commission to tame the adverse impacts resulting from the international trade agreements is not satisfactory given its low financial capacity and its lack of competency to prevent and to fight against the negative effects from globalization;

Amendment 29 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that EU exports provide roughly 31 million jobs in the EU, that is to say, every seventh job in the EU depends on exports;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account ~~Parliament’s~~the resolutions of the European Parliament on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership of 8 July 2015 and on the Trade in Services Agreement, of 3 February 2016 which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protection of public services is concerned as it is part of a European model to fight against inequalities;

Amendment 30 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission to take steps to protect regional production structures in developing countries in cases in which the Sustainable Impact Assessment indicates that these might be endangered as a consequence of trade agreements;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Deplores the fact that only 13% of European SMEs have been operating internationally outside the EU and points out that many of them are being prevented from doing so by non-tariff barriers; welcomes the fact that a chapter on SMEs is to be included in free trade agreements;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that it is crucial to extend the prerogatives of the EGF and thus provide a mechanism of risks’ anticipation and of adaptation of sectorial, regional and national production structures in cases in which the sustainable impact assessment indicates that these might be endangered as a consequence of trade agreements;

Amendment 33 #

Jana TOOM, Marian HARKIN, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls for encouragement to be given with a view to expanding and modernising the EU’s free trade agreements with non- EU countries;

Amendment 34 #

Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that~~, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreement~~ legislation on protection of employees, including legislation on the posting of workers, should also be applicable to subcontract~~ual service supplie~~ors;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that~~, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service supplier~~ provisions of social and employment legislation at both the European Union and national levels, as well as collective agreements and social standards must be guaranteed; insists, however, that European Union wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreements;

Amendment 36 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, ~~the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour~~national legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers ~~and~~together with other national and EU labour and social legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers and business sellers accessing the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that all workers, irrespective of their home country, enjoy the same labour rights as nationals in their host country and that the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place is respected; in this respect calls on the Commission to ensure that the Directive on the posting of workers is revised in a way so that the principle of equal pay for equal work at the same place is given full effect;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Emphasises~~To make sure that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers ~~and~~together with other national and EU labour and social legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers ; to ensure that all workers, irrespective of their home country, enjoy the same labour rights as nationals in their host country and that the principle of equal pay for equal work is respected;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Emphasises that, as a minimum,~~Notes that the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions ~~on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy~~, in particular as far as the protection of public services is concerned;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other EU and national and EU labour legislation applicable in the country where the service and therefore the work is provided, as well as collective agreements, should be applicable to contractual service suppliers; considers this is without prejudice to more favourable provisions in legislation or agreements applicable in the sending country;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that, as a minimum, the legislation on the posting of workers and other national and EU labour legislation, as well as collective agreements, should, where appropriate, be applicable to contractual service suppliers;

Amendment 42 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to include a safety clause preventing companies from circumventing or undermining the right to take industrial action through the use of workers from third countries during negotiations on collective agreements and labour disputes and allow Member States to apply any necessary safeguards should pressure be put on domestic wages, the right of domestic workers be endangered or other agreed standards be infringed;

Amendment 44 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Jutta STEINRUCK, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining, improving and applying labour and social regulations, collective agreements as well as legislations regulating the entry of natural persons into, or temporary stay in, its territory;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments~~Points out that Mode 4 should be applicable only to the movement of highly skilled workers for a specific purpose in a given period, in accordance with clearly defined conditions laid down by the national law of the country where the service is to be performed and under a contract conforming to that national law;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments;~~ Notes the high levels of outward mobility from EU Member States of highly skilled professionals; believes that trade policies should remain cautious with regards to inward mobility, unless other trading partners are willing to offer substantial concessions to the EU; requests, in any event, that trade agreements contain clauses maintaining the legal obligation of foreign service providers to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitment~~Underlines the importance to monitor GATS mode 4 category of service providers in order to avoid abuse and exploitation of third-country workers;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation of the~~Considers there should be a careful evaluation engaging all stakeholders before making any changes as regards GATS Mode 4 commitments;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any~~Stresses that further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments should be subject to monitoring of compliance with EU and national labour standards;

Amendment 5 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions on t~~he Transatlantic T~~rade and Iinvestment ~~Partnership and on the Trade in Services A~~agreements, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the ~~protection of public services is concerned~~calls for ambitious, balanced and comprehensive agreements which address long-standing, unnecessary market barriers to the benefit of consumers, citizens, employees and businesses; underlines the importance of continuing to ensure that public services are protected in trade agreements;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments~~Calls on the Commission to ensure that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly-skilled professionals, such as persons holding a university or equivalent Masters degree or employed in a senior managerial role, for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by the domestic legislation of the country where the service is performed and by a contract respecting such domestic legislation; to reject any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments and to consider a revision of Directive 2014/66/EU on the conditions of entry and residency of third country nationals in the framework of an intra- corporate transfer in order to avoid abuse and social dumping;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Rejects any further liberalisation~~Welcomes the prospect of a review of the GATS Mode 4 commitments;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Rejects any further liberalisation of the GATS Mode 4 commitments; recalls that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for the Parliament committee responsible for employment and social affairs to be informed without delay, so as to allow an opportunity for discussion and decision-taking, should any provisions of trade agreements be such as to jeopardise, or conflict with, standards in the above areas;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing aCalls for the ILO labour standards to be respected; expects that the European Union plays a leading role in reaching the objective to encourage all partyies to ~~leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in~~ratify, implement and enforce the eight fundamental ILO conventions and the evDecent ~~of infringements of labour and social standards~~Work Agenda;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be ~~equally implemented in all chapter~~complied with by signatories of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a ~~revision~~ clause allowing ~~a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements~~for review of the application of labour and social standards;

Amendment 57 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including ~~the eight~~ fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, ~~must be equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements~~should be considered for inclusion in trade and sustainable development chapters, with necessary flexibilities for those developing countries who may experience difficulties in their implementation, and that these agreements must include a ~~revision~~ clause allowing a party to ~~leave the agreement or to suspend commitment~~address problems in the event of infringements of mutually agreed labour and social standards;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Stresses that labour standards, including~~Calls on the Commission to ensure that future trade agreements include binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters, guaranteeing the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions, ~~must b~~urges the Commission to promote further labour provisions in particular the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda aiming at improving levels of protection of labour; stresses that labour standards including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions are equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements~~, and that these agreements must~~; calls on the Commission to include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;

Amendment 59 #

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the ~~eight fundamental~~ International Labour Organisation’s eight fundamental and four priority conventions, must be mandatory and equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include, firstly, a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of ~~labour and~~ social standards and human and labour rights, and secondly, a binding social clause seeking to include provisions relating to labour, preventing the dismantling of social legislation;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 60 #

Csaba MOLNÁR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be equally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing a party ~~to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments~~an appropriate legal remedy in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions, must be equally implemented included in all chapters of trade agreements and effectively implemented by all parties, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;

Amendment 62 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that labour standards, including the eight fundamental International Labour Organisation conventions~~, must be equ~~ have to be an essential part of EU-trade agreements and must be equally and horizontally implemented in all chapters of trade agreements, and that these agreements must include a revision clause allowing a party to leave the agreement or to suspend commitments in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that labour standards are made enforceable by guaranteeing that the implementation of and compliance with labour provisions is subjected to an effective monitoring process, involving social partners and civil society representatives; where disputes arise regarding labour provisions, these disputes should be subject to a dispute settlement mechanism, including the possibility of imposing trade sanctions, and with due consideration for the ILO supervisory bodies and reference to ILO jurisdiction;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to include not only legally binding but also enforceable Sustainable Development chapters in all EU trade and investment agreements;

Amendment 65 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that the fundamental ILO conventions ought to apply strictly to all signatory states to an agreement so as to stem the trend towards globalised social dumping, but also to prevent any unfair competition, particularly competition that is based on inhuman or degrading practices;

Amendment 66 #

Arne GERICKE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that – with particular regard to maintaining high social standards in international trade – appropriate international and extra-judicial mediation centres subject to the principles of transparency and democratic scrutiny must be developed;

Amendment 67 #

Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that ~~the Domestic Advisory Groups handling the~~ infringements of social clauses of trade agreements ~~must have sufficient financing and that they must consist of a balanced representation of labour and business organisations from civil society~~are unacceptable and should be appropriately punished;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresses~~Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs), handling the infringements of social clauses of trade agreements ~~must~~ have a sufficient financing ~~and~~to work effectively, that they ~~must~~ consist of a balanced representation of labour and business organisation~~s from civil society~~ as well as other civil society organisations, that joint meetings of the DAGs from both sides of the trade agreement are institutionalised and that they dispose of a secretariat that is situated at the Economic and Social Committee;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresse~~Recommends that the Domestic Advisory Groups, whose tasks include handling ~~the~~ infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements ~~must~~, ought to have sufficient financing and ~~that they must consist of~~ensure a balanced representation of labour and business organisations from civil society;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 70 #

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the Domestic Advisory Groups in each Member State handling ~~the~~ infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements ~~must~~should have sufficient financing and that they ~~must~~should consist of a balanced representation of labour and business organisations from civil society;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the Domestic Advisory Groups handling ~~the~~ infringements of social clauses ofwithin trade agreements and failures to uphold labour law and social standards must have sufficient financing, and that they must consist of a balanced representation of ~~labour and business organisation~~the social partners, union and labour organisations, and businesses from civil society;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 73 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the Domestic Advisory Groups handling the infringements of social clauses of trade agreements must have sufficient financing and that they must consist of a balanced representation of labour and business organisations from civil society; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of the DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation;

Amendment 74 #

Romana TOMC

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. E~~mphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow f~~ncourages the Member States to strengthen the operation of their inspection services to ensure more effective ~~monitoring of labour standard~~prevention of employment- related offences;

Amendment 75 #

Marian HARKIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring~~Calls on Member States to ensure effective and timely monitoring and enforcement of labour standards;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards~~Calls on the Commission to ensure an effective monitoring of labour standards by recommending Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, their labour and social inspectorates in order to meet the target of one inspector for every 10 000 workers, as recommended by the ILO;

Amendment 77 #

Jana TOOM, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. E~~mphasises the need~~ncourages the Member States to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, ~~Member States’~~their labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of compliance with labour standards;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need ~~to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow~~ for effective monitoring of labour standards;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to ~~increase the~~ensure sufficient staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards;

Amendment 8 #

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that future trade agreements should take into account Parliament’s resolutions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and on the Trade in Services Agreement, which remain valid for the future EU trade policy, in particular as far as the protection of ~~public services is concerned~~Services of General Interest and Services of General Economic Interest (which include but are not limited to water, health, social services, social security systems and education) public services is concerned. Reiterates that the quality, availability, affordability, accessibility of and non- discriminatory equal access to these services has to be guaranteed at all times;

Amendment 80 #

Jérôme LAVRILLEUX

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of~~, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour~~ Member States’ labour inspectorates, to step up cooperation between the Member States and the European Platform against undeclared work, to increase the inspectorates’ resources to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards, to ensure that labour law is applied, to guarantee vital protection for workers in exercising their professions, and to prevent and limit as many infringements as possible within this area in order to combat social dumping;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of~~, and the resources available to,~~ Member States’ labour inspectorates, in keeping with ILO recommendations, and to increase the resources available to them, to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards and to ensure that workers’ rights are upheld;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour inspectorates, in keeping with the principle of subsidiarity, to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards;

Amendment 83 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Evelyn REGNER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to increase the staffing levels of, and the resources available to, Member States’ labour and social inspectorates to allow for effective monitoring of labour standards;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to effectively withdraw tariff preferences if the eight ILO core labour standards are not complied with; the withdrawal of tariff preferences should also be made possible for our trading partners in cases where EU Member States infringe on the eight ILO core labour standards;

Amendment 85 #

Jana TOOM, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;~~deleted

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Stresses the importance of binding measures~~To propose binding measures to beyond corporate social responsibility initiatives and propose a legally binding framework for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability ~~going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives~~;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of ~~binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiative~~measures, where appropriate and feasible, aimed at encouraging and fostering due diligence in supply chains;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of ~~binding measur~~encouraging the adoption of voluntary initiatives for due diligence in the production chain, ~~ensuring liability going beyond~~as well as voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of ~~binding~~ measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability ~~going beyond~~supplementing voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the global production chain for these to be sustainable and transparent, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;

Amendment 91 #

Patrick LE HYARIC, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of binding measures – exercised by the Member States – for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility initiatives; takes the view that corporate social responsibility requires a fair tax policy and is therefore incompatible with tax evasion strategies; calls for proportionate penalties to be applied in the event of breaches of labour provisions and standards;

Amendment 93 #

Jana TOOM, Martina DLABAJOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of binding measures for due diligence in the production chain, ensuring liability going beyond voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives; firmly rejects, however, compulsory CSR being made applicable to SMEs;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

~~9. Stresses the need to increase efforts to unblock the reform of trade defence instruments.~~deleted

Amendment 95 #

Joachim SCHUSTER, Georgi PIRINSKI, Evelyn REGNER, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Stresses the need~~Calls on the Commission to increase efforts to unblock the reform of trade defence instruments.; deplores that the Council has not been able to advance on the reform of trade defence instruments, keeping in mind that a modern and robust trade defence regime is also very important for jobs in Europe;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need to ~~increase efforts to unblock the reform of trade defence instruments.~~ensure that any changes to EU anti-dumping law retain the ability of the EU to take timely, necessary and effective action to tackle anti-competitive market practices by EU trading partners and ensure EU companies continue to operate on a global level playing field;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for trade agreements to ensure that EU SMEs will be able to profit without restriction, an aim to be achieved by creating good economic conditions for the export of goods and services and a favourable, competition-driven, and sustainable business environment;

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to step up the ex-ante coordination between its different services working on trade and on employment and social affairs;

source: 580.515

2016/04/28 INTA 414 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament's reports containing its recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), adopted on 3 February 2016, and on the negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adopted on 8 July 2015,

Amendment 10 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the Committee on International Trade to the report on Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions,

Amendment 100 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Asks the Commission to where possible, conduct negotiations with no less transparency than those organised in the World Trade Organisation (WTO); stresses, however, that the Commission must also persuade negotiating partners to increase transparency at their end to make sure that this is a reciprocal process in which the EU's negotiating position is not compromised and to include the aspired level of transparency in its scoping exercises with potential negotiating partners; stresses that meaningful transparency can strengthen global support for rules-based trade;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’'s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’'s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 102 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’'s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’'s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies, such as development policy; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU’'s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP; recalls that only fair and properly regulated trade, if aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could have potentialities for development and reduce inequality;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU and Article 208 TFEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP by regularly conducting ex-post human rights and sustainability impact assessments and consequently reviewing trade agreements as necessary;

Amendment 104 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; ~~points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties;~~ is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies and with other policies that have an external dimension; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help tackle any negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be co~~nsist~~herent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that ~~in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects contrary to~~ the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties must be taken into account by the CPP; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to help ~~tackle any~~mitigate potential negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 107 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP is to be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in some cases trade and investment agreements may have negative effects ~~contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties~~; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to ~~help tackle~~make all necessary efforts to foreseen and prevent any negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the CCP ~~is to~~should be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action as set out in Article 21 TEU; recalls that the EU’s trade and investment policy must be consistent with other external policies; stresses that the EU has a legal obligation to respect human rights, and should foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of trading countries; points out that in ~~some~~most cases trade and investment agreements ~~may~~ have negative effects contrary to the EU’s external objectives as enshrined in the Treaties; is of the opinion that the EU has a responsibility to ~~help~~ tackle ~~any~~the negative impact caused by its CCP;

Amendment 109 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)

(1) Welcomes the large decrease in the number of people living in absolute poverty since 1990, as defined by the World Bank, notes however, that more needs to be done to catalyse both private and public investment in LDCs to provide the institutional and infrastructural frameworks that will allow LDCs to take better advantage of the benefits offered by trade by helping diversify their economies and integrate into global value chains, permitting them to specialise in higher value added products;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to Article 24 § 2 of the EU regulation 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 on common rules for imports,

Amendment 110 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers, too, that the CCP is to be conducted in a manner consistent with the aims pursued by other EU internal policies, particularly the CAP, and that the most sensitive agricultural sectors must therefore be afforded effective protection in all trade agreements so as to ensure their economic and social viability;

Amendment 111 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the co-legislator role played by the Parliament and therefore calls on the Commission to build upon and improve its cooperation with the Parliament and to enhance its efforts in order to constructively work with the other Institutions prior to taking decisions;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Urges the Commission to develop a comprehensive 'access to medicines- policy' across the policy areas such as trade, development, research and innovation and public health, which supports the effective implementation and realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 3;

Amendment 113 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Welcomes the Commission's support of the extension request for pharmaceutical intellectual property by LDCs until these countries no longer are considered LDCs; regrets the final WTO TRIPS Council decision to grant only a time limited extension of 17 years; asks the Commission follow through on its initial position by supporting all developing countries in making full and effective use of all flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement and recognised by the TRIPS Agreement and affirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001, in order to be able to provide affordable medicines under their domestic public health programmes;

Amendment 114 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recognises the Commission’'s efforts to strengthen sustainable development and promote human rights, labour and social standards and environmental sustainability worldwide through its trade and investment agreements but urges determined efforts to fully implement and enforce the corresponding chapters in practice; shares the Commission’'s view that the EU has a special social responsibility as regards the impact of its trade policies on least- developed countries (LDCs); calls on the Commission to adopt accompanying measures in trade agreements with developing countries;

Amendment 115 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Recognises~~Takes note of the Commission’s ~~effor~~announcements to strengthen sustainable development and promote human rights, labour and social standards and environmental sustainability worldwide through its trade and investment agreements and calls on to present soon concrete and ambitious proposals in this direction; shares the Commission’s view that the EU has a special social responsibility as regards the impact of its trade policies on developing countries and in particular on least-developed countries (LDCs);

Amendment 116 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers migration to be one of the main challenges the EU is facing in the 21st century; emphasises that the EU’s trade and investment policy choices are fundamental in order to tackle migration; regrets that this has not been sufficiently reflected in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy;deleted

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers forced migration to be one of the main challenges the EU is facing in the 21st century, and is related to trade and investments policies; emphasises that the EU’s trade and investment policy choices are fundamental in order to ~~tackle~~avoid it to be a push factor of migration; regrets that this has not been sufficiently reflected in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers migration to be one of the main challenges the EU is facing in the 21st century; emphasises that the EU’s trade and investment policy choices are fundamental in order to tackle migration; ~~regrets that this has not been sufficiently reflected in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy;~~

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers migration to be one of the main challenges the EU is facing in the 21st century; emphasises that ensuring policy coherence of the EU’s trade and investment ~~policy choices are~~is fundamental in order to tackle the causes of migration; regrets that this has not been sufficiently reflected in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy;

Amendment 12 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to the principle of policy coherence for development as stated in the TFEU,

Amendment 120 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that open trade contributes to wealth creation in developing countries; recalls that there is an evident connection between wealth creation and prosperity and improvement in human rights, social rights and environmental protection over the long run;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers that in particular for partner countries undergoing an economic crisis above all the objective of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTA) must be tangible and sustainable improvements to the living conditions of ordinary people;

Amendment 122 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a binding chapter on labour rights based on the ILO’'s core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), including the OECD principles for multinational companies and the UN Principles on Business and Human rights, must form an essential part of EU trade agreements9 [9]; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; points out that labour and environmental standards are not limited to Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters but must be effective throughout all areas of trade agreements; calls on the EEAS to systematically include dedicated labour attachés in its delegations abroad; [9] OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a binding c~~hapter on~~ommitments to enforce and effectively implement labour rights based on the ILO’s core labour rights, Multilateral Environmental Agreement and corporate social responsibility (CSR), - including corporate liability for human rights violations in third countries - must form an essential part of EU trade and investment agreements9 ; calls on the Commission to include commitments on sustainable development ~~chapters~~ that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a ~~binding~~ chapter on labour rights based on the ILO’'s core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), must form ~~an essential~~ part of EU trade agreements9 [1]; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters ~~that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9~~in EU trade and investment agreements; believes that these chapters must progressively reflect the levels of development of trading partners as requested by them while taking into account the specific capacity limitations of the least developed countries; [1] OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a ~~bind~~n improving chapter on labour rights based on the ILO’s core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), must form a~~n esse~~ substantial part of EU trade agreements9 ; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters ~~that are not only legally binding but also enforceable~~ in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a binding chapter on labour rights based on the ILO’s core labour rights and corporate social responsibility (CSR), must ~~form an essential part of~~be taken into account in the EU trade agreements9 ; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that provisions on human rights and social and environmental standards, and a ~~binding~~ chapter on labour rights based, inter alia, on the ILO’s core labour rights ~~and corporate social responsibility (CSR)~~, must form an essential part of EU trade agreements9; calls on the Commission to include sustainable development chapters that are not only legally binding but also enforceable in all EU trade and investment agreements; __________________ 9 OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31. OJ C 99E, 3.4.2012, p. 31.

Amendment 128 #

Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Considers that in order to make these sustainable development provisions binding, a "three step approach" needs to be implemented with government consultations, domestic advisory groups and expert panels involving the ILO and the general dispute settlement provision of the agreement as a last resort to address disputes with the possibility of financial sanctions;

Amendment 129 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that Everything But Arms (EBA), the General System of Preferences (GSP) and the GSP+ schemes are tools which enable fundamental values to be upheld; insists on the importance of their effective implementation and monitoring and welcomes the Commission's commitment to strengthening cooperation with beneficiary countries in this regard;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)

-A. whereas trade plays a powerful role in promoting business opportunities, creating prosperity and increasing employment as well as in driving economic development and social progress;

Amendment 130 #

Tanja FAJON, Daniele VIOTTI, Ulrike LUNACEK, Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Believes that enforceable labour rights, including the elimination of discrimination on the basis of gender, age, disability, race, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, political opinion or social origin, with respect to employment, must form a part of EU trade agreements;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Commission to develop legislation with the aim of forbidding imports of goods produced with any form of forced labour or modern slavery and in the meantime, strengthen import and supply chain controls on ethical grounds;

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of effective safeguard mechanisms in trade agreements; calls at the same time for the inclusion of an effective enforcement mechanism for labour and environmental rights to which the human rights clause does not apply; calls for a mechanism according to which civil society representatives, as well as Members of the European Parliament, are able to request that the Commission commence an investigation into violations by a third party of its obligations under an essential elements clause;

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Underlines the importance of effective safeguard mechanisms in trade agreements; calls at the same time~~Calls for the inclusion of an effective enforcement mechanisms for ~~labour~~the trade and einvironmental rights to which the human rights clause does not apply; calls for a mechanism according to which civil society representatives, as well as Members of the European Parliament, are able to request that the Commission commence an investigation into violations by a third party of its obligations under an essential elements clauseestment provisions of agreements, as well as, where appropriate, certain safeguard mechanisms to prevent sudden surges in imports from causing undue harm to industry;

Amendment 134 #

Franck PROUST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of effective safeguard mechanisms in trade agreements; calls at the same time for the inclusion of an effective enforcement mechanism for labour and environmental rights to which the human rights clause does not apply; calls for ~~a mechanism according to which civil society representatives, as well as~~ Members of the European Parliament~~, ar~~ to be able to request that the Commission commence an investigation into violations by a third party of its obligations under an essential elements clause; (It is not clear to whom other than Members of the European Parliament the term ‘civil society representatives’ might apply. As no definition is possible, it is best not to compromise the text.)

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of effective safeguard mechanisms in trade agreements; calls at the same time for the inclusion of an effective enforcement mechanism for labour and environmental rights to which the human rights clause does not apply; calls for a mechanism according to which ~~civil society representatives, as well as Members of~~ the European Parliament~~, are~~ is able to request that the Commission commence an investigation into violations by a third party of its obligations under an essential elements clause;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to establish a structured and depoliticised process whereby consultations with a partner for suspected violations of obligations under trade and sustainable development chapters have to be launched according to clear criteria;

Amendment 137 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Sorin MOISĂ, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the involvement of civil society in joint fora under the free trade agreements (FTAs) that monitor and comment on the agreements' implementation and the parties respect for their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection; calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; stresses that they should be fully independent; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation; and to thoroughly take into account the Domestic Advisory Group's recommendations; calls on the EU to reinforce its monitoring capacity in the EPAs dedicated to sustainable development and human rights that ensure the proper and transparent involvement of civil society organisations;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the ~~importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the~~ involvement of civil society in free trade agreements (FTAs); calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; stresses that they should be fully independent; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the involvement of civil society in free trade agreements (FTAs); calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; stresses that they should be fully independent; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior informationcivil society in the process of monitoring the implementation of free trade agreements (FTAs) and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trade is ~~not an end in itself, but~~ a means to achieve prosperity and equality ~~and~~, to raise standards of living, and to foster international exchange and social and cultural progress;

Amendment 140 #

Franck PROUST

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the involvement of civil society in free trade agreements (FTAs); calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; stresses that they should be fully independent; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs s~~uch~~o as ~~providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation;~~to facilitate civil society participation; (We should observe a separation of powers between the media and political representatives, and keep the DAGs independent. Placing them under any obligation to the Commission would restrict their independence and would be at odds with the aim of strengthening them.)

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Highlights the importance of Domestic Advisory Groups (DAGs) and the involvement of civil society in free trade agreements (FTAs); calls for the further strengthening of the work of DAGs; ~~stresses that they should be fully independent~~notes however that whether they are fully independent is contingent upon whether a country allows for free and independent civil society and social partners; calls on the Commission to take measures to improve the work of DAGs such as providing financial resources, prior information and the possibility of using more advanced media in order to facilitate civil society participation;

Amendment 142 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes with concern that there has been little interest on the EU side so far among civil society to participate in certain EU civil society advisory groups provided for under the Agreements and calls on the Commission to draw appropriate conclusions to invigorate these mechanisms and ensuring their representative character in line with recommendations from the European Economic and Social Committee;

Amendment 143 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the ILO estimates that 865 million women around the world, if better supported, could contribute more robustly to economic growth; notes that women-owned businesses represent an underutilised lever to boost competitiveness, accelerate business and sustain growth; states that trade policy can have differing gender impacts across the various sectors of the economy; and that more data on gender and trade is needed regrets that the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘'Trade for All’' communication; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to use trade negotiations as a tool to promote gender equality worldwide, as well as to ensure that both women and men can take advantage of the benefits of trade liberalisation and be protected from its negative effects; to this aim, the Commission should make sure that the gender perspective is included, horizontally, in all future trade agreements and also, as an essential part of the EU mainstreaming strategy and proposes, the Commission should guarantee a thorough monitoring and evaluation of the gender impact of the trade agreements in force;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 145 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the ILO estimates that 865 million women around the world, if better supported, could contribute more robustly to economic growth; ~~note~~regrets that ~~women-owned businesses represent an underutilised lever to boost competitiveness, accelerate business and sustain growth; states~~the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘Trade for All’ communication, especially regarding the impact of thate trade policy ~~can have differing gender impacts across the various sectors of the economy; regrets that the Commission does not address the gender dimension of trade agreements in its ‘Trad~~on women's and girls' rights such as the rights to health -and associated rights, including reproductive health- access to education, training, food, work, safe fwor ~~All’ communication;~~king conditions and water, and calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to ensure that ~~both~~ women and men ~~can take advantage of the benefits of trade liberalisation and~~to be protected from its negative effects;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to improve policy coherence for development in trade policy, in particular as it relates to public health. Urges the Commission to develop a comprehensive "access to medicines-policy" across policy areas such as trade, development, research and innovation and public health, which support the effective implementation and realisation of Sustainable Development Goal 3;

Amendment 149 #

Tanja FAJON, Daniele VIOTTI, Ulrike LUNACEK, Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Highlights that in line with the 2013 EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, the EU trade and investment strategy should include efforts to combat the criminalisation of consensual same sex relations between adults as well as other discriminatory laws and policies;

Amendment 15 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas trade is not an end in itself, but a means to achieve prosperity and ~~equality and~~ to raise standards of living;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to include in any new or already existing trade agreement the necessary rules to guarantee a successful fight against money laundering, tax evasion and tax elusion, -instead of facilitating them through finance service liberalization;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to make its trade and investment policy fully aligned with the ILO Decent Work Agenda;

Amendment 152 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Council to meet their commitments to the Doha Declaration by ensuring that the Commission's mandate explicitly excludes pharmaceutical-related TRIPS-plus provisions which negatively affect public health and access to medicines, such as data exclusivity, patent extensions and limitation of grounds for compulsory licenses within the framework of future bilateral and regional trade agreements with developing countries or when developing countries engage in accession to the WTO;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls the Commission to safeguard the right for all countries to regulate and preserve policy space in order to develop infant industries; urges the Commission to ensure that trade agreements and policies do not undermine developing countries strategic economic sectors and do not challenge partner countries efforts to increase the domestic value added in order to upgrade along the global value chain;

Amendment 154 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Stresses that given the increased importance of animal welfare for EU citizens in terms both of public morals and consumers informed choice and its implications for the competitiveness of EU producers, animal welfare provisions should be strengthened in our free trade agreements;

Amendment 155 #

David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Recognises that the export of live farm animals to the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey entails great suffering both during the long journeys and at slaughter; believes that this trade is not in line with the Commission's strategy that calls for trade to be responsible and consistent with European values; calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring this trade to an end and in the meantime to ensure that it is conducted in compliance with EU law on the protection of animals during transport and that exported animals are slaughtered in accordance with the animal welfare standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE);

Amendment 156 #

Eleonora FORENZA, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Recognizes that universal access to quality public services and common goods such as water and sanitation, education, healthcare and access to medicines is a key component of Member States capacity to guarantee Human and social Rights; therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to refrain from including negative lists in trade deals, nor standstill and ratchet clauses, that threaten states' capacity to reverse achieved liberalisation floors;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)

Notes that with a rise of global value chains the trade policy has to be conceived as open and more comprehensive. The role of EU trade policy is to strengthen Europe's place in global supply chains by supporting the full range of economic activities through which brings values into global chains with special attention to be paid to services.

Amendment 158 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Acknowledg~~Welcomes that the internationalisation of the world’'s production system has resulted in new openings for economic development and an employment-based path out of poverty for hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, while economic growth pulled 669m people out of poverty between 2001 to 2011 and the percentage of the global population living on $2 or less per day was cut in half from 29% to 15%, that according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are ~~not~~main unable to earn~~ing~~ enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but that the weak enforcement of existing labour laws and occupational safety standards in sourcing countries remains a pressing issue to protect workers from exhaustive working hours and unacceptable conditions; notes that it has also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission topromote the improvement of conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’'s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and jobs in the EU and for its partners without misusing the legitimate demand for responsibility measures in international commerce for protectionist means to shield the European market from imports;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Acknowledges that ~~the~~a careful internationaliszation of the world’'s production system ~~has resulted in~~could contribute to new openings for economic development ~~and an employment-based path out of poverty for~~, but so far it has resulted in a huge increase of inequalities and enormous environmental problems, threatening the future of hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled ~~some~~many supplier firms to ~~ignore~~relocate their economic activities outside the EU in particular to countries that have very low labour standards, do ignore existing labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and jobs in the EU and for its partners;

Amendment 16 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas openness to trade is a necessity for the European economy as most of the global wealth will be created elsewhere in the future but this must go hand in hand with a robust framework at home that ensures trade delivers for citizens consisting of effective trade defence and social flanking policies;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Acknowledges that the internationalisation of the world’'s production system has resulted in new openings for economic development and an employment-based path out of poverty for hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; concludes therefore that mutual respect for labour and environmental standards is an indispensable tool to ensure there is no race to the bottom; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVC in close cooperation with the ILOs; emphasises that the EU’'s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable and equitable growth and decent jobs in the EU and for its partners;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Acknowledges that the internationalisation of the world’s production system has resulted in new openings for economic development and an employment-based path out of poverty for hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to improve conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and jobs in the EU and for its partners; to acknowledge that the globalisation of value chains increases the import content of both domestic output and exports, thereby substantially increasing the cost of protectionist measures;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Acknowledges that the internationalisation of the world’s production system has resulted in new openings for economic development and an employment-based path out of poverty for hundreds of millions of people; recalls that, according to the ILO, around 780 million active women and men are not earning enough to be lifted out of poverty; underlines that the expansion of GVCs has created job opportunities but also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour standards and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to present concrete proposals to improve conditions in GVCs; emphasises that the EU’s further integration into GVCs must be driven by the dual principles of safeguarding the European social and regulatory model and securing and creating sustainable growth and decent jobs in the EU and for its partners;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point 1 (new)

(1) Recognises that given the global nature of supply chains, the multilateral level is the optimal platform from which to increase standards directed at promoting an effective implementation of existing international guidelines and initiatives, involving all stakeholders; notes the non-mandatory industry approaches that are already contributing positively to improving supply chain standards that should also be considered within this context;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the European Commission to study the impact of the rise of global value chains on delocalization, closures, job losses and offshoring in the EU industry, as well as to study whether efficiency gains due to lower labour and regulatory compliance costs in third countries are not globally outweighed by environmental and social costs, as well as emissions related to transportation inherent in global value supply chains;

Amendment 165 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines that the emergence of GVCs has also led to a substantial increase of imported components in exports; consequently there are less incentives for countries to levy high tariffs as trade policy should not just open up exports, but also facilitate imports in order to stabilise value chains without prejudice to the legitimate use of trade defence instruments;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, social ~~and safety~~, safety and animal welfare standards; stresses the need for mandatory due diligence throughout the supply chain; welcomes the Commission’s desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions in the garment sector and invites the Commission to propose legislation on due diligence standards for the textile supply chain; calls on the Commission to ensure the welfare of live animals exported outside the EU according to EU legislation and animal welfare standards of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain partnerships; looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming communication on CSR;

Amendment 167 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, animal welfare, social and safety standards; stresses the need for mandatory due diligence throughout the supply chain; welcomes the Commission’'s desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions especially in the garment sector; underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain partnerships; looks forward to the Commission’'s upcoming communication on CSR; and calls on the Commission to move from voluntary initiatives to binding obligations;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, social, and safety standards; ~~stresses the need for mandatory due diligence throughout the supply chain;~~ welcomes the Commission’'s desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions in the garment sector; underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain partnerships; looks forward to the Commission’'s upcoming communication on CSR;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, social and safety standards; ~~stresses the need for~~call on the Commission to submit initiatives on mandatory due diligence throughout the supply chain; welcomes the Commission’s desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions in the garment sector; underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain ~~partnership~~initiatives; looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming communication on CSR;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas trade is one of the few instruments available for boosting the economy, generate growth and create jobs without burdening state budgets;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Believes that trade policy must ensure a transparent production process throughout the value chain, as well as compliance with fundamental environment, social and safety standards; stresses the need for ~~mandatory~~ due diligence throughout the supply chain; welcomes the Commission’s desire to work closely with the ILO and the OECD to develop a global approach to improving working conditions in the garment sector; underlines the importance of identifying and assessing new sectoral or geographic opportunities for additional responsible supply chain partnerships; looks forward to the Commission’s upcoming communication on CSR;

Amendment 171 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses the importance of high animal welfare standards to EU citizens; calls on the Commission to ensure that live farm animals that are exported to third countries are transported in accordance with EU law on animal welfare;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Urges the Commission to advance the UNCTAD comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development and to defend the interests of developing countries on trade issues;

Amendment 173 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Demands that Aid for Trade and technical assistance to focus on the empowerment of poor producers, micro and small enterprises, women equality and women empowerment and cooperatives in order to boost their benefits from trading in local and regional markets;

Amendment 174 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Urges to revise EPAs and EGA ensuring they are negotiated in a balanced manner and taking into account the views and concerns of CSOs and trade unions, both from the EU and the partner countries;

Amendment 175 #

Eleonora FORENZA, Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Calls on the Commission to focus on a diversified strategy that can also address antidumping policies in the renewable energy sector, intellectual property regimes, tight financing programmes and the lack of national environmental policies that create the demand for green goods;

Amendment 176 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Stresses that better protection of the entire spectrum of intellectual property rights (IPR) and more effective enforcement is of fundamental importance for further integration into GVC~~Urges the EU to reconsider its intellectual property rights policy (IPR); stresses that a fair and reasonable protection of the intellectual property rights (IPR) should be accompanied by a proactive policy of transfer of technology to less developed poor countries; calls on the Commission to support all developing countries in making full and effective use of all flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement, recognized by the TRIPS Agreement and affirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001, in order to be able to provide affordable medicines under their domestic public health programmes;

Amendment 177 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that better protection of ~~the entire spectrum of~~ intellectual property rights (IPR) and more effective enforcement ~~is of fundamental importance for further integration into GVC~~may enhance further integration into GVCs, while recognizing that this often unduly burdens developing countries;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Council to meet their commitments to the Doha Declaration by ensuring that the Commission's mandate explicitly excludes pharmaceutical related TRIPS plus provisions which negatively affect access to medicines such as data exclusivity, patent extensions and limitation of grounds for compulsory licences within the framework of futures bilateral and regional trade agreements with developing countries and when developing countries engage in accession to the WTO;

Amendment 179 #

Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the attention given to "fair trade" in the EC's "Trade for all" Communication and calls upon the Commission to deliver with priority on its commitments to use the existing structure for implementation of FTAs to promote fair trade, to promote fair trade schemes to small producers in third countries through the EU delegations and to develop awareness-raising activities in the EU such as an "EU City for Fair and Ethical Trade"- Award;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas there can be no protection without trade agreements, and no trade agreement without protections;

Amendment 180 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Believes that new technologies and the internet provides new tools for traceability of products along the supply chain;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the Commission to refrain from implementing financial sanctions on third countries that make use of WTO- compliant rules as has been envisaged in its new strategy on IP enforcement in Third Countries;

Amendment 182 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls on the Commission to provide full transparency of the content of its IP related assistance programmes for LMICs, and ensure that parallel assistance on intellectual property does not undermine other health-related development projects supported by the Commission's Directorate General for International Cooperation and Development;

Amendment 183 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)

16d. Calls on the Commission to generate data of better quality on the economic and social impacts of Intellectual property protection and enforcement, including on the adverse impact on generic competition and public health; calls on the Commission to ensure that ISDS or ICS existing and eventual future clauses clearly exclude pharmaceutical intellectual property from the scope of dispute settlement;

Amendment 184 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)

16e. Recalls that EU investment policy, especially when involving public money, must contribute to the realisation of the SDGs; recalls the need to enhance transparency and accountability of DFIs, PPPs, to effectively track and monitor the money flows, debt sustainability and the added value for sustainable development;

Amendment 185 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)

16f. Calls on the EU to ensure in all its trade and investments policies a human needs based approach to debt sustainability through a binding set of standards to define responsible lending and borrowing, debts audits and faire debt workout mechanism, which should assess the legitimacy and the sustainability of countries' debt burdens and possible cancellation of unsustainable and illegitimate debt; asks the EU to engage constructively in the UN negotiations on multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring with a view to alleviating the debt burden and avoid unsustainable debt;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to systematically convene trilogue negotiations with the European Parliament with the view to drafting a joint mandate before the start of each negotiation;

Amendment 187 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission not to request provisional application of trade agreements, including trade chapters of association agreements, before European Parliament gives its consent; recalls that it cwould seriously undermine Parliament’'s rights and create potential legal uncertainty vis-à- vis the agreement’'s other signatory and the economic operators concerned; recalls and welcomes the Trade Commissioner's commitments in this regard but strongly urges to formalise this arrangement in the new inter-institutional agreement;

Amendment 188 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Calls on the Commission not to~~Remembers the Commission of the Commissioners agreement in her hearing not requesting provisional application of trade agreements, including trade chapters of association agreements, before Parliament gives its consent; recalls that it could seriously undermine Parliament’s rights and create potential legal uncertainty vis-à- vis the agreement’s other signatory and the economic operators concerned;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission not to request provisional application of trade agreements, including trade chapters of association agreements, before ~~Parliament gives its~~the European Parliament and the national parliaments give their consent; recalls that it could seriously undermine Pparliament’s' rights and create potential legal uncertainty vis-à- vis the agreement’s other signatory and the economic operators concerned;

Amendment 19 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris agreement are of the highest importance for global sustainable development and EU trade policy has to contribute to the fulfilment of their key elements;

Amendment 190 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Considers that in the case of mixed agreements the already tested practice whereby an agreement is only applied provisionally after the European Parliament has granted consent while awaiting national parliaments' ratification is the best balance of democratic oversight and efficiency;

Amendment 191 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Insists that the monitoring, evaluation and follow-up of existing agreements become a key priority of the CCP; calls on the Commission to reallocate resources in order to enable DG Trade to better monitor trade agreements which need to be implemented, in particular, asks the European Commission to produce a country-by country report, for all free trade agreements that entered into force in the last 10 years, indicating which EU industries gained and lost due to each FTA (predominantly, but not exclusively, relying on the trade flows with the FTA partners), also identifying the reasons why imports increased for the main sectors that lost market share to FTA imports and whether EU industries affected by these imports warned of such potential effects of the FTA during the negotiation process and why their concerns have been disregarded;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Insist~~Believes that the monitoring, evaluation and follow-up of existing agreements ~~become a key~~is one of the priorityies of the CCP; calls on the Commission to reallocate adequate resources in order to enable DG Trade to better monitor trade agreements which need to be implemented;

Amendment 194 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to establish specific indicators in order to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of trade agreements and to publicly present a detailed annual implementation report to the European Parliament;

Amendment 195 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality and accuracy of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments and to review their methodology; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative, in particular in light of the recent Ombudsman's recommendation in complaint 1409/2014/JN on the EU-Vietnam FTA; welcomes the commitment of the Commission to undertake in-depth analysis of the potential effects of new FTAs on LDCs and calls on the Commission to put forward measures to ensure that the benefits of trade accrue to developing countries; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and ~~that~~ the quality of the existing ones ~~is very low~~, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of decent jobs;

Amendment 196 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Maurice PONGA, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments and emphasises in particular that such impact assessments should take account of sensitive sectors and of the potential effects of any trade agreements on the outermost regions and their local production, so that specific measures can be put in place for the operators and produce concerned and potentially affected; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for ~~any~~major trade policy initiative~~; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014~~s; insists that ~~high-quality~~ interim and ex- post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs;

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments; stresses the need to always submit a ~~deep~~comprehensive sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs; calls on the Commission to put in place a mechanism that allows for suspension of FTAs when social, environmental and/or human rights are violated by Parties;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for ~~any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the qua~~the most important trade politcy ~~of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014~~initiative; insists that higher-quality interim and ex- post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs;

Amendment 2 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to its recommendations to the Commission for the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the Trade in Services Agreement of 8 July 2015 and 3 February 2016 respectively,

Amendment 20 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the common commercial policy (CCP) has undergone a profound change since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009; whereas trade does not operate in isolation, but rather is linked to and dependent on many other polices; whereas negotiations on trade and investment agreements ~~have changed and evolved over time;~~ must go beyond simply cutting tariffs as complex challenges lie today in regulatory matters and convergence on international standards;

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and that the quality of the existing ones is very low, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European taxpayers to assess whether trade agreements have achieved the intended results; asks the Commission to provide data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs ~~and~~, the creation of jobs, human rights and the environment, including in the partner countries;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of both ex-ante and ex- post assessments; stresses the need to always submit a deep sustainability impact assessment, including on human, social and environmental rights, for any trade policy initiative; expresses its concern at the lack of interim and ex-post assessments and ~~that~~ the quality of some of the existing ones ~~is very low~~, as demonstrated in the European Court of Auditors Special Report 02/2014; insists that high-quality interim and ex-post evaluations be carried out in respect of all trade agreements in order to allow policymakers, stakeholders and European ~~taxpayers to~~citizens to better assess wthe~~ther~~ impact of trade agreements ~~have achieved the intended results~~; asks the Commission to provide additional data on the impact of the trade agreements which have been concluded with special regard to SMEs and the creation of jobs;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that the multilateral trading system embodied in the WTO remains the best option for guaranteeing an open, fair and rules-based system which takes account of and balances the many varying interests of its members; reiterates that Parliament is a strong advocate of the multilateral agenda;deleted

Amendment 203 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Stresses that the international and multilateral trading system embodied in ~~the WTO remains the best option~~UNCTAD, the WTO, -when reoriented-, remain important for guaranteeing an open, fair and rules-based system which takes account of and balances the many varying interests of ~~its~~their members; reiterates that Parliament is a strong advocate of the international and multilateral agendas;

Amendment 205 #

Matteo SALVINI, Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 – point 1 (new)

(1) Welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations on the Trade Facilitation Agreement which will contribute to simplifying and modernising customs procedures in many countries, making it easier in turn for developing countries to integrate into the global trading system; calls for the swift and correct implementation of the agreement by all parties.

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Not~~Urges that improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the intere commission not to use WTO talks as an excuse to further curtail competencest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountabilitythe member states in matters of international trade;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Notes that the improvements ~~were achieved~~ at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability were limited, especially concerning improvements for LDCs; urges the commission not to use WTO talks as an excuse to further curtail competences of the member states in matters of international trade;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Notes that improvements were achieved~~Regrets the substantial lack of improvement at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues~~; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new nego~~, and the risk of undermining developing countries' sense of ownership of the multilat~~ing areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conferenc~~eral process; calls on the Commission to keep on engaging on the fulfilment of the development mandate of the pro~~vides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function~~und and not only on the condition that new negotiating areas be added; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater inclusiveness, effectiveness, transparency ~~and accountability~~, accountability and more consideration for developing countries' interests ,while acknowledging increased responsibility for emerging economies; is concerned that the ever- expanding EU bilateral agenda will continue to weaken multilateralism;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Notes that limited improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’'s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability including by strengthening coordination with the ILO and other Environment and Human rights related UN Agencies;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas – without doubting the contribution of free trade to economic growth - there has not been a serious debate in the European Union about the costs of free trade policies (such as industry adjustments: industrial closures, manufacturing job losses, delocalization of entire industries to third countries, and increased imports) and the overall cost/benefit analysis of free trade policies; the lack of such honest debate leads various stakeholders to question the logic and direction of EU trade policy and EU policies in general, an honest debate would prevent this unfortunate result;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Notes that improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas such as, but not limited to, investment, digital trade, state owned enterprises and competition; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’'s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability;

Amendment 211 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Notes that improvements were achieved at the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; welcomes the interest of some WTO members in starting to address new negotiating areas, such as investment, state owned enterprises and competition; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. ~~Notes that improvements were achieved at the~~Takes note of the decision taken at 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi in 2015; recognises the differences among WTO members on how to proceed as regards the Doha Round, including the need to consider new approaches to solve outstanding issues; ~~welcomes~~is concerned by the interest of some WTO members in starting to address again the Singapore issues and certain other new negotiating areas; believes that the outcome of the Nairobi Ministerial Conference could provides an opportunity to give new life to the WTO’s negotiating function; urges the Commission to take the initiative in reforming and strengthening the WTO in order to ensure greater effectiveness, transparency and accountability;

Amendment 213 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Believes that it is vital to conclude the longstanding Doha Round with its developing mandates fulfilled; recalls the crucial role of Aid for Trade (AfT) in trade-related capacity building and technical assistance to developing countries and LDCs; in this regard, calls on the EU and its Member States to commit to increase AfT, enabling developing countries to benefit from a bigger share of the value added in GVCs; calls on the Commission to address fair and ethical trade in the upcoming revision of Aid for Trade strategy; welcomes the EU engagement of targeting EUR 400 million in funding over 5 years to support and provide technical assistance to developing countries, especially LDCs, in their efforts to implement the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Considers~~Welcomes ongoing plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement ~~and~~, the Environmental Goods Agreements ~~to be the second-best option~~and the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA); believes firmly that where possible, these agreements must be of sufficient ambition to be applied on a most favoured nation basis among all WTO Members and should act as building blocks for future multilateral agreements; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘'green goods’' initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Considers~~Expresses concern at the proliferation of plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements ~~to be the second-best option~~as these have reduced the commitment of industrialised countries to the multilateral pro-development undertaking; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products, both in respect of their use and production methods; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for genuine environmental goods;

Amendment 216 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers plurilateral negotiations ~~within the WTO~~ such as the Information Technology Agreement ~~and~~, the Environmental Goods Agreements and the Trade in Services Agreement to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods; underlines that TiSA is an opportunity to revive progress on trade in services at WTO level;

Amendment 217 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of maintaining an open door of any plurilateral initiative so interested WTO members can join and of multilateralising the ‘'green goods’' initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. C~~onsiders~~riticizes the increase of plurilateral negotiations at the margin of the WTO or within the WTO such as ACTA, TiSA, the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements ~~to be the second-best option~~; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the ~~competiveness of~~accessibility of socially and environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ~~‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental good~~plurilateral negotiations at a stage and with a method that gives a chance to all countries to provide inputs on the content of the agreements;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as the Information Technology Agreement, the Trade in Services Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the European Union's trade policy is one of the most liberal policies in the world, with one of the lowest industrial tariffs globally (with much higher tariffs on industrial goods around the world, including in most developing and growing markets: China, India, South America, and Russia) and – in contrast to most developing countries – strict EU subsidy policies prevent application of state funds to furthering uncompetitive EU industries and keep open government procurement markets, while other trade partners keep subsidizing uncompetitive industries and close their national government procurement markets to EU companies;

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Considers plurilateral negotiations within the WTO such as TISA, the Information Technology Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreements to be the second-best option; emphasises that trade policy should also be used as a tool for increasing the competiveness of environmentally beneficial products; stresses the importance of multilateralising the ‘green goods’ initiative and of considering whether bilateral or unilateral trade agreements could provide premium preferences for environmental goods;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Is encouraged by the Commission's support of the extension request for pharmaceutical intellectual property by LDCs until these countries are no longer considered LDCs; regrets the final WTO TRIPS Council decision to grant only a time limited extension of 17 years; asks the Commission to follow through on its initial position by supporting all developing countries in making full and effective use of all flexibilities built into the TRIPS Agreement and affirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted on 14 November 2001;

Amendment 222 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Emphasises that the EU is to continue to support the joint initiative of the European Parliament and of the Inter- Parliamentary Union to develop a parliamentary dimension to the WTO in order to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of global trade policy; believes however, that democratic legitimacy can only be guaranteed by implementing measures of direct democracy into trade talks and WTO issues;

Amendment 223 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls for a strong and effective parliamentary dimension of the WTO in order to enhance the transparency of the organisation and to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of global trade policy; urges the WTO to make full use of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, ensuring that parliamentarians have access to all the information they need to carry out their oversight role effectively and contribute meaningfully to trade policies;

Amendment 224 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the consistency of the negotiations on the Environmental Goods Agreement with the EU environmental policy objectives and its international commitments, taking into account that the European Parliament's final consent to the agreement will be subject to the effective impact of the deal on the global environment and on European production;

Amendment 225 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the on-going trade negotiations while being mindful of their cumulative effects, in particular via the different rules of origin, and finding an appropriate balance between protecting sensitive agricultural sectors and the offensive interests of the Union as one of the biggest agri-food exporters , and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex- ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations, while bearing in mind the sensitive nature of certain products and sectors; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 227 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations, and to ~~show~~assess the potential ~~benefits of the conclud~~impact of the implemented trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante ~~evaluation of European interests~~and ex- post sustainable assessment studies, - using adequate economic models recognized by the United Nations, such as UNCTAD modelling method, before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade ~~negotiations, and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA~~ negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to ~~focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiatio~~continue the ongoing negotiations in view of finalizing balanced and fruitful agreements in the interest of the EU citizens, and to show ~~the potential~~ benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas global overcapacity in key industries and the resulting trade imbalance, have begun eroding the trust that EU companies and industries have in the soundness of EU trade policy;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations, and to show the ~~potenti~~actual benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of European long-term industrial and economic interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to focus in a balanced way on the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations, and to show the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements before launching new FTA negotiations; reminds the Commission to carry out a thorough~~, impartial and unprejudiced ex-ante evaluation of~~ scoping exercises and impact assessments, taking into account European interests, before ~~deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandate~~adopting draft negotiation mandates with future FTA partners;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to ~~focus in a balanced wa~~show transparency oin the conclusion of the ongoing trade negotiations, and ~~to show~~better communicate the potential benefits of the concluded trade agreements ~~before launching new FTA negotiations; remind~~; encourages the Commission to carry out a thorough~~, impartial and unprejudiced~~ ex- ante evaluation of European interests and potential effects on its trade partners before deciding on future FTA ~~partners and~~ negotiation mandates;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – point 1 (new)

(1) Believes that it is essential first and foremost to ensure that trade negotiations that have been successfully concluded are ratified as swiftly as possible. Calls in particular for the conclusion of deals with Canada and Singapore to ensure the opening up of two large markets that will be vital for the future interests of EU businesses. Calls for an informed debate across Europe during political discussions as votes take place in the European Parliament and in national legislatures;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the European Commission to create a central database of trade associations at the EU and national level, including umbrella EU associations and their national members, which would all be consulted on trade initiatives; requests the European Commission to investigate the degree to which EU umbrella associations in fact are governed in a way that ensures true representation of EU industry interests and asks the European Commission to consult national associations as well as umbrella associations, and document such consultations;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses that while initiatives set out in the European Union’s new trade strategy, in particular the very many bilateral negotiations, may be of economic interest to certain branches of industry in Europe, equally they may have disastrous consequences for other sectors, such as sensitive agricultural sectors;

Amendment 236 #

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Notes that some of the EU trade negotiations are longstanding and therefore invites the Commission to make an inventory of all ongoing negotiations and propose to the Council and the European Parliament a new approach with an aim to achieve a tangible market access for the EU companies in a reasonable timeframe.

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to assess in consultation with all sectors concerned the impact of the cumulative effects of the various sensitive-product quotas in order to protect key sectors of the EU economy by reassessing proposals in future free trade agreements;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Awaits with impatience the findings of the impact study announced by the Commission, during the meeting of the Agriculture Council on 11 April 2016, on the cumulative effect of the various sensitive-product quotas envisaged, under negotiation or that have already been granted to our trade partners; considers that this study will permit a better understanding of the current state of these markets, their capacity to absorb potential additional imports and to adapt accordingly future bilateral negotiation methods so as to protect sensitive agricultural sectors;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Calls on the European Commission to provide ample time, at the national level as well, for national industries to acquaint themselves with trade proposals of the European Commission and prepare their positions before the Commission begins the negotiations; calls on the Commission to engage in direct consultations with national associations in parallel to consultations with their EU umbrella associations;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas~~, in times of low economic growth, the contribution of foreign trade to the recovery of the European economy is of key importance in~~ foreign trade should not continue being considered the key to the recovery of the European economy since it is primarily the austerity paradigm that needs to be reviewed; whereas the present increasing deflationary tendency proves that internal demand needs to be boosted instead as a matter of priority; whereas trade can be a positive factor only if it deliver~~ing~~s concrete and measurable results ~~and~~in contributing to decent jobs and sustainable economic growth and equality;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Stresses that an ambitious EU Trade agenda needs relevant human resources and calls for an assessment of number of DG Trade staff vis-a-vis current EU commitments and negotiations. Believes that, if needed, DG Trade staff should be increased accordingly in order to deliver on the targets set by the Trade for all strategy;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Calls on the European Commission, after presenting the text of a negotiated free trade agreement for conclusion by the Council and approval of the European Parliament, to present a list of industries that have requested protection from imports or transitional periods for tariff reductions for particular products in the FTA, with an indication of which sectors received such protection and – if they did not – whether the European Commission supported their request for protection and why, and in cases where the European Commission supported such requests but did not secure protection in the final text of the FTA, the reasons why such protection or transitional periods were not possible in the FTA;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Points out that EU farmers are often faced with unfair competition as a direct consequence of opening up successive quotas for sensitive agricultural products since the conditions in which these products are manufactured in certain third countries are at variance with those controlled by the common agricultural policy and EU legislation;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25d. Considers that insofar as the goal of the common agricultural policy is to preserve a European production model that respects the environment and animals and guarantees economic activity in depressed areas, the EU’s new trade strategy can only be implemented by preserving this European agricultural model and guaranteeing its economic and social viability; believes that the agricultural sectors that are most sensitive – such as meat or milk – have to be properly protected either by excluding them from the bilateral agreements or by limiting the disastrous consequences of liberalisation on these markets (through very restricted quotas and appropriate quota administration rules)

Amendment 244 #

Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25d. Calls on the European Commission, in cases where it receives conflicting input from various EU stakeholders claiming to represent the same EU industry, to submit a summary of various positions advanced for the FTA with a reasoned analysis on why the merits of one position, and not the other, if any, were included in the EU negotiating position. In this context, the European Commission must analyse and explain, independently, which position better secures jobs and interests of this EU sector submitting the positions and why, before adopting it as the official position of the European Union;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)

25e. Emphasises that full implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with the Ukraine should be a priority; emphasises in this regard the need for the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States to do their utmost in ensuring its full implementation as soon as possible;

Amendment 246 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of ~~focusing on core sensitive issues~~pursuing sensitive and offensive interests for the EU such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and public procurement when negotiating FTAs; Stresses the positive dynamic created by the recent trade agreements which have entered into force and the new possibilities of markets access on third markets for the EU companies; also welcomes the conclusions of recent trade negotiations, in particular FTA with Singapore and, CETA and hopes that they will enter into force soon;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as ~~the~~decent and quality jobs, on small and middle sized agriculture, on safeguarding public services, on maintaining the right to regulate, on protecti~~on of~~ng geographical indications (GIs) ~~and public procurement~~, respect of democratic bodies, health and educational services, data protection and public procurement for SMEs, and with adequate social and environmental conditions, when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 248 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, particularly in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance for all trade negotiations of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the recognition and protection of geographical indications (GIs) andccess to public procurement and exclusion of public services and audiovisual services from negotiations when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 249 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core soffensitive issues ~~such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs)~~that go beyond tariff elimination such as regulatory cooperation and good regulatory practices, the protection of geographical indications (GIs), the integration of SMEs in global value chains and public procurement when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas, in times of low economic growth, the contribution of foreign trade to the recovery of the European economy is of key importance in delivering concrete and measurable results and contributing to decent jobs and sustainable economic growth and equality in Europe and beyond;

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs) ~~and~~, public procurement, the safeguarding of consumer protection standards, labour rights and national jurisprudence when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 251 #

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, as well as of the other negotiations the EU is undertaking or will launch, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and public procurement when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 252 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core soffensitive i~~ssue~~nterests such as the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and public procurement when negotiating FTAs as part of ambitious, balanced and comprehensive packages;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) ~~and~~, the EU- Japan FTA, ~~the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as the protection of geographic~~and the concluded CETA text do not meet the criteria of the European Parliament as outlined in this report (e.g. social iand~~ications (GIs) and public procurement when negotiating FTAs~~ environmental standards) and should therefore be terminated;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Underlines, in the context of the current talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the EU- Japan FTA, the high importance of focusing on core sensitive issues such as ~~the protection of geographical indications (GIs)~~non-tariff barriers to trade, investment protection and public procurement when negotiating FTAs;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Reiterates its strong believe that the EU and the US are key strategic partners; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and should reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that successful conclusion of an ambitious agreement is of high political importance;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular vis-à-vis Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission’'s new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America and calls on the European Commission to take advantage of the current momentum in Mercosur countries, notably in Argentina, so as to unblock the EU- MERCOSUR trade negotiations in order to reach a comprehensive and ambitious agreement; supports the modernisation of the agreements with Mexico and Chile and to consider the possibility in the medium term of a region to region deal between the EU and the Pacific Alliance;

Amendment 26 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas trade can be a tool to increase potential economic output by permitting businesses to increase their supply to satisfy a growing external demand and without increasing public spending;

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular vis-à-vis Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission’s new trade and investment strategy ~~puts a key~~makes a specific reference to Latin America; calls on the Commission to put greater focus on the Latin America; trade agenda and to take the initiative for starting the negotiations of an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive agreement with Mercosur and to modernize the agreements with Mexico and Chile;

Amendment 261 #

Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular vis-à-vis Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission’s new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America and calls on the Commission to explore all the possibilities to take advantage of the window of opportunity recently re- opened in the EU-Mercosur trade relations;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular vis-à-vis Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; In this context welcomes the conclusion of the regional Economic Partnership Agreement with the most of the ACP countries; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission’s new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy and that full consistency with regional integration is ensured, in particular vis-à- vis Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; ~~welcom~~notes the fact that the Commission’s new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America;

Amendment 264 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Insists that trade negotiations follow a tailor-made regional trade strategy, in particular ~~vis-à-vis~~within Asia, Africa and Latin America, which have been identified by the Commission as crucial regions for European economic interests; recalls that Europe and Latin America are natural allies with a combined population of one billion people generating a quarter of global GNP; points out that the potential of this partnership has been insufficiently exploited; welcomes the fact that the Commission’'s new trade and investment strategy puts a key focus on Latin America;

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 – point 1 (new)

(1) Calls on the Commission to deepen the trade and economic integration of the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, while taking into account the specific ambition of partner countries, supports in this regard all measures to support the consolidation of democracy in Tunisia, including the Tunisian request to conclude an economic integration agreement;

Amendment 267 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations as early as possible for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand in parallel; urges the Commission to re-energise negotiations with Malaysia and to start negotiations with Indonesia as soon as possible following the conclusion of preparatory discussions for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership;

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand all the while keeping in mind during said future negotiations that the agricultural sector is very sensitive, as noted in its resolution of 17 February 2016 on the opening of FTA negotiations with Australia and New Zealand;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to ~~start negotiations f~~pay more an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealandttention to public opinion before involving in further trade negotiations;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas new-generation trade policy needs to ~~respond to people’s concerns~~address modern day trade issues, such as digital trade and the key role of SMEs; whereas new trade agreements should be open and transparent and respond to the needs of citizens, consumers and businesses; welcomes the European Commission's transparency initiative in this regard;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to start as early as possible negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework and on supporting the creation of a Continental Free Trade Area for Africa, integrating regional economies and boosting local growth, employment and innovation; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

Amendment 273 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. CRecalls on the ~~Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China~~importance of supporting the democratic regime of Taiwan; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; ~~asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand~~stresses that the human rights clauses in the EPAs and trade agreements with a link to the Cotonou Agreement should not lose their effect after 2020; calls on the EU to engage in a broad consultation process, including with ACP countries, about the post-Cotonou framework;

Amendment 274 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. ~~Calls on the Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; u~~Underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Calls on the Commission to start negotiations for an investment agreement with Taiwan in parallel with the one with China; underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework and regrets that this aspect was not mentioned in the communication; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Welcomes the Commission’s desire to use, in addition to cooperation projects developed under Euromed, its trade policy to encourage stability and prosperity in the EU’s southern neighbourhood; enjoins the Commission to take account of the instructions contained in the European Parliament’s resolution of 17 February 2016 and to strive to conclude an asymmetric and progressive partnership agreement with Tunisia; encourages the Commission, the Council and the EEAS to step up diplomatic efforts to restore economic and trade relations between the European Union and Morocco; calls on the Commission to acknowledge the progress made by Jordan in the preparation process for negotiations on a AA/DCFTA and to consider actually launching these negotiations;

Amendment 277 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Underlines that, in the context of the migration challenges, special focus should be put on the post-Cotonou framework; asks for further impetus to be given to negotiating FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand; Reiterates the importance of China as a strategic partner for the European Union; stresses that trade relations between the two parties must be based on free and fair trade fully in accordance with WTO rules; Reminds the importance to develop EU trade relations with India due to the huge potential of this market for the EU industry; in this context hopes that the negotiations for the FTA can be fruitfully resumed;

Amendment 278 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Sorin MOISĂ, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Stresses the importance of deepening and redefining the EU's relationships with its partners on the African continent and in the Caribbean and Pacific region; regrets that the communication "Trade for All" does not make any reference to the Cotonou Agreement, which expires in 2020, and stresses that the human rights clauses in the EPAs and trade agreements with a link to the Cotonou Agreement should not lose their effect after the 2020 expiration date; calls on the EU to engage in a broad consultation and dialogue process, including with ACP countries, about the post-Cotonou framework;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibilities and impact of cumulation, in particular for those sensitive products affected by quotas or liberalisation under ongoing negotiations or trade agreements already concluded; reiterates that exclusions for the most sensitive products should be examined on a case by case basis, as should limited volume quotas or appropriate transitional periods;

Amendment 28 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas new-generation trade policy needs to respond to people’'s concerns; whereas trade can help fighting poverty and improve the living and working conditions of the people in Europe and in our trading partner countries whereby a fair and equitable wealth distribution in society is indispensable;

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

~~Opposition to the granting of Market Economic Status (MES) to China and the~~ The need for effective trade defence instruments (TDIs)

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

~~Opposition to the granting of Market Economic Status (MES) to China and t~~The need for effective trade defence instruments (TDIs)

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

Opposition to the automatic granting of Market Economic Status (MES) to China and the need for effective trade defence instruments (TDIs)

Amendment 283 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

~~Opposition to the granting of Market Economic Status (MES) to China and the need for effective trade defence instruments (TDIs)~~Effective trade defence instruments (TDIs) in accordance with World Trade Organisation rules

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy and enable greater competitiveness by re-establishing where necessary the conditions for fair competition; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently without being weakened; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, accessible for SMEs and adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal, whose objectives should be to substantially reduce the duration of its investigations and to substantially increase the level of its anti-dumping duties;

Amendment 286 #

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; ~~regret~~notes that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently~~, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal~~;

Amendment 287 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’'s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’'s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’'s challenges and trade patterns, investigations must be shorter, and also increase transparency and predictability; ~~reg~~deplorets that the ~~TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council~~Council has been unable to deliver on this essential piece of legislation; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘'Trade for All’' communication; calls on the Council to b~~oost its efforts~~reak the stalemate regarding TDI modernisation urgently on the basis of the European Parliament's position, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES~~, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal~~;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission continues to apply the lesser duty rule and does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures ~~requ~~lead to unfaire t~~he EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field~~rading practices and competition between countries on non-tariff barriers (NTBs) that include labour rights, environmental and public health standards; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘Trade for All’ communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, and asks the Commission to present a new proposal;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas new-generation trade policy needs to respond to people’s concerns and expectations;

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Stresses that further trade liberalisation measures require the EU to be able to respond even more effectively to unfair trading practices and ensure a level playing field; underlines that TDIs must remain an indispensable component of the EU’'s trade strategy; recalls that the current EU trade defence legislation dates back to 1995; stresses that the Union’'s trade defence system needs to be modernised urgently; points out that EU trade defence law must be more effective, adapted to today’'s challenges and trade patterns, and also increase transparency and predictability; regrets that the TDI modernisation proposal is blocked in the Council; regrets that the Commission does not refer at all to the need for TDI modernisation in its ‘'Trade for All’' communication; calls on the Council to boost its efforts regarding TDI modernisation urgently, especially at a time when China is firmly requesting recognition of MES, ~~and asks the Commission to present a new proposal~~;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that faster access for European SMEs to anti-dumping procedures is key to protecting them from unfair trade practices; stresses the need for a reform of the WTO multilateral framework in order to better involve SMEs and to ensure faster settlement of disputes;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Calls on the Commission to quicken the pace of investigations in order to accelerate the adoption of provisional and definitive trade defence measures, to open investigations "ex officio" and to impose measures on the ground of the "threat of injury" where the evidence justifies this, to eliminate the lesser duty rule which is not an obligation under WTO law, and to allow all European social partners, including not only business leaders but also trade unions, to urge the Commission to open anti-dumping investigations;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. ~~Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being,~~Notes the expiry of Section 15(a)(ii) on the 11th December 2016 of China's Accession Protocol to the WTO; considers, given the legal nature of the question at hand, that any amendment of the EU’'s ~~five technical criteria for def~~trade defence methodologies to take account of this expiry must remain in~~g a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong t~~ full compliance with the EU's obligations under WTO law whilst ensuring the continued ability of the EU to take timely, necessary and effective measures to tackle anti-competitive market practices by EU trading partners and ensure EU companies continue to operadte ~~distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies~~on a global level playing field;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companiesesses that it is important that, in the future too, TDIs should be used in an effective manner which is at the same time compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO);

Amendment 295 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies; refers in this context especially to the heavy and partly unfair competition the European heavy industry had to face vis-à-vis their Chinese competitors during the last years;

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’'s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies; refers in this context especially to the heavy and partly unfair competition the European heavy industry had to face vis-à-vis their Chinese competitors during the last years;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies, before the damage from unfair practices becomes irreversible for our industry;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. ~~Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy~~Believes that subparagraph (a)(i) and paragraph (d) of Section 15 of the WTO Accession Protocol provide a legal basis for applying a non-standard methodology in anti-dumping procedures concerning imports of Chinese origin; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. ~~Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy~~Opposes any unilateral concession to China on MES in 2016 in the current circumstances ; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 8 July 2015 containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP),

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas new-generation trade policy needs to respond to people’s and businesses concerns;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. ~~Strongly opposes the granting of MES to China, as it~~Recalls that China is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy, thus cannot be considered as such; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Strongly ~~opposes the granting of MES to~~insists that China, ~~as it~~ is not fulfilling, for the time being, the EU’s five technical criteria for defining a market economy; underlines the importance of defining a common European strategy to reinvigorate and apply the anti-dumping procedures on various products suffering from the strong trade distortion caused by Chinese exporting companies and State subsidies;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission not to take any measures without a prior deep and comprehensive impact assessment tackling all the possible effects and consequences on employment, growth and the environment; urges the Commission to take into account the results of the counter public consultations launched by several Members of the Parliament in order to define the best option to follow; urges the Commission not to move to the "standard methodology" (i.e. starting the normal value determination from Chinese prices and costs) in relation to imports from China; to maintain separate anti- dumping rules for imports from countries to which the WTO applies special rules and to coordinate with its major trading partners on how best to ensure that all provisions of Section 15 of China's Protocol of Accession to the WTO other than subparagraph 15 (a)(ii) are able to be given full meaning under their domestic laws;

Amendment 303 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls on the Commission not to take any measures without a prior deep and comprehensive impact assessment tackling all the possible effects and consequences on employment~~, growth and~~ and sustainable growth in all EU sectors and the possible effects and consequences on the environment;

Amendment 305 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Regrets that not enough has~~Considers that more needs to been done to comprehensively address European industries’' needs and that the EU manufacturing sector is too often placed behind the services ~~and financial~~ sectors; emphasises that trade policy must ensure a level playing field for European industry, provide access to new and emerging markets and facilitate upward convergence on standards while reducing double certification; calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between the EU’'s trade and industrial policies and to promote the development and competitiveness of European industry with particular reference to the reindustrialisation strategy;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Regrets that not enough has been done to comprehensively address European industries’ needs and that the EU manufacturing sector is too often placed behind the services and financial sectors; emphasises that trade policy must ensure a level playing field for European industry; calls on the Commission to ensure coherence between the EU’s trade and industrial policies ~~and to promote the development and competitiveness of European industry~~;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Emphasizes the central role that rules of origin play in determining which industries benefit or lose from EU FTAs; recognizing that rules of origin have not been, until now, fully analysed by the European Parliament, asks the European Commission to prepare a report identifying the changes the European Commission has made in the last 10 years, at 4-digit CN level, to their preferred FTA default negotiating position on ROO, explaining the reasons for any changes made;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Is of the opinion that ~~the lack of effective~~ever stricter enforcement of IPRs puts at risk the survival of whole sectors of European industry; stresses that counterfeiting results in job losses and undermines innovation; reiterates that adequate IPR protection and effective enforcement are the bedrock of a global economy; welcomes the Commission’s commitment tofundamental freedom of information as well as the creation and dissemination of creative products necessary for the development of a robust cultural sector, and is more and more often abused as a way to restrict innovation and stifle healthy competition; is highly sceptical about the idea that ever increasing ~~the~~ protection and enforcement of IP rights in FTAs and at the WTO ~~and to working with partners to combat fraud; supports the Commission in its objective of protecting the entire spectrum~~will automatically lead to positive economic outcomes for all parties and underlines the fact that the benefits of IPR enforcement often unduly burden developing countries; stresses that particularly when it comes to vital pharmaceuticals, it is necessary to consider withdrawing some enforcement measures, particularly where they are used to prevent necessary pharmaceuticals from reaching patients in developing countries; calls on the Commission to reconsider its position on the protection of IPRs, including patents, trademarks, copyright, designs, geographical indications, marking of origin and pharmaceuticals;

Amendment 309 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Recalls the importance of GIs in promoting traditional European agri-food products, protecting them from harmful free-riding practices, guaranteeing consumers´ rights and conscious choices, and safeguarding rural producers and farmers, with particular reference to SMEs;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the speed with which EU trade negotiations are launched and EU trade priorities in such negotiations are formulated prevents many EU citizens and companies from fully participating at the crucial early stages of policy and priorities' formulation;

Amendment 310 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)

33b. Acknowledges the success story of GIs in protecting European workers and producers from unfair practices and therefore calls on the Commission to extend GIs to non-agri products;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10

Opening up of new market opportunities for EU service providers and recognition of professional qualifications as an essential element of the EU trade strategy

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an essential element of the EU’s international trade strategy; stresses that including services in trade agreements is of the utmost importance, as it gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees;deleted

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an essential element of the EU’'s international trade strategy; stresses that including services in trade agreements is of the utmost importance, as it gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees; while also excluding, in line with Articles 14 and 106 TFEU and Protocol 26, current and future services of general interest and services of general economic interest from the scope of application of any agreement; fully reiterates its recommendations for the negotiations of a Trade in Services Agreement in this regard with the emphasis on the ultimate goal of a multilateral agreement;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an ~~essential~~ element of the EU’s international trade strategy; stresses that including services in trade agreements ~~is of the utmost importance, as it~~ gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees, while ensuring the full exclusion of current and future services of general interest and services of general economic interest from the scope of application of any agreement and irrespective of whether they are publicly or privately funded;

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an essential element of the EU’s international trade strategy; ~~stresses that including services in trade agreements is of the utmost importance, as it gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees;~~

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls that the EU plays a leading role in the services sector, which accounts not only for over 70% of economic activity in the EU but also 90% of new job creation, and that the EU is the largest exporter of services worldwide; stresses that the opening up of new market opportunities must be an essential element of the EU’'s international trade strategy~~; stresses~~ and that including services in as many sectors as possible in trade agreements is of the utmost importance~~, as it gives opportunities to European companies and domestic employees~~;

Amendment 317 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point 1 (new)

(1) Requests that the Commission promote and include the recognition of professional qualifications in trade agreements, which will open up new opportunities to European companies and employees, calls specifically for the consideration of incorporating certain benefits of the ICT Directive in to trade and investment agreements in exchange for such recognitions;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Points out that the Commission has undertaken to exclude public services from EU trade agreements and reiterates that public services shall not figure in trade negotiations;

Amendment 319 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Marielle DE SARNEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Reiterates that all trade negotiations shall respect the cultural exemption and exclude audiovisual services; reiterates the importance of being able to preserve, protect or promote cultural and linguistic diversity, abiding fully by the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas on-going digital revolution raises new challenges, makes the economy truly global and interconnected and brings new opportunities especially for SMEs;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Shares the Commission’s view that the temporary movement of professionals has become essential to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals;deleted

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Shares the Commission’'s view that the temporary movement of professionals has become essential to increasing business internationally and remains an offensive interest of the EU, especially where it underpins the establishment of EU businesses in trade partners; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals, such as persons holding a university or equivalent Master's degree or employed in a senior managerial role, for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by the domestic legislation of the country where the service is performed and by a contract respecting such domestic legislation;

Amendment 324 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. ~~Shares the Commission’s view~~Considers that the temporary movement of professionals ~~has become essential~~is a factor to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time and under precise conditions stipulated by the domestic legislation of the country where the service is performed and by a contract respecting such domestic legislation while ensuring that nothing will prevent the EU and its Member States from maintaining and improving labour standards and collective agreements";

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Shares the Commission’s view that the temporary movement of professionals has become essential to increasing business internationally; stresses that a labour mobility chapter should be included in all EU trade and investment agreements; ~~recalls however that Mode 4 commitments must only apply to the movement of highly skilled professionals;~~

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 327 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital; calls on the Commission to put forward a new model for e-commerce chapters, which would then serve as the basis for the EU proposal in all trade negotiations, and which would seek to ensure the free flow of data, in full compliance with data protection rules in place in the country of origin of the data subject, and with general exceptions grounded in appropriate criteria;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. WBel~~com~~ieves th~~e Commission’s intenti~~at more could be done to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmoncreate a more favourable and secured digital climate for consumers and entrepreneurship within the EU; notes that it should start by delivering tangible benefits for consumers such as reducing monopolies and abuses of monopolistic positions in the telecom market, reduced geo-blocking practices and concrete redress solutions; calls for more co- operation between enforcers, especially on unfair commercial practices carried on- line; urges to systematically incorporate comprehensive horizontal provisions that fully exempts exisati~~on of standard~~ng and future UE rules ion the ~~digital trade sector is vital~~protection of personal data from all agreements;

Amendment 329 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the Commission’'s intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law and safeguarding fundamental rights; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, reducing online fraud, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;deleted

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows ~~in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law~~while fully exempting the existing and future EU legal framework for the protection of personal data from the scope of any agreement; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e-commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation~~, mutual recognition~~ and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The essential nature of the digital economy to future global trade

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 1 (new)

(1) Notes the growing and future importance of the digital economy, not only in Europe, but worldwide, with an estimated 3.3 billion internet users globally, making up 40% of the world's population, believes that trends such as cloud computing, mobile web services, smart grids and social media are leading to a radically transformed businesses landscape; underlines that EU trade policy must keep up with digital and technological trends;

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 2 (new)

(2) Welcomes the Commission's intention to use trade policy to tackle new forms of digital protectionism and to set rules for e-commerce and cross-border data flows in compliance with EU data protection and privacy law and to continue to engage internationally to promote and develop international privacy and personal data protection standards; believes that much more needs to be done to create a climate favourable to e- commerce and entrepreneurship within the EU; stresses that ensuring regulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmonisation of standards in the digital trade sector is vital, in order to ensure coherence and certainty for market operators and consumers;

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 – point 3 (new)

(3) Requests that the Commission together with WTO partners not only establish a working group on digital trade at the WTO, which should examine in detail the current framework's suitability for electronic commerce, looking at specific recommendations, clarifications and adjustments but also look at establishing a new framework for the trade facilitation in services, building on best practice stemming from the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement;

Amendment 336 #

Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Is aware that the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects ~~where~~in terms of money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance ~~are concerned~~; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption~~; insists that clauses on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud be included in all trade and investment agreements~~ and welcomes its January communication on an External Strategy for Effective Taxation; insists that, as called for in this communication, a tax good governance clause should be introduced into all EU negotiating proposals for relevant agreements with third countries or regions, in particular trade and investment agreements; insists that clauses relating to the fight against corruption and money laundering should also be introduced in all such negotiating proposals; calls for further work to be conducted on their wording and design;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Is aware that the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects where money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance are concerned; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption~~; insists that clauses on~~ as a major non-tariff barrier in developed and developing countries; believes that this underlines the importance of ensuring that trading partners work together to ensure compatibility not only of primary prudential regulation through regulatory dialogue and cooperation, but also rules aimed at combatting corruption, money laundering and tax fraud, ambitious provisions for which should be included in all trade and investment agreements;

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Is aware that the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects where money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance are concerned; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption; insists that ~~clauses on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud be included in all trade and investment~~the Commission and Member States address anti money laundering, anti-corruption and anti-tax evasion and tax avoidance rules, including country-by- country reporting obligations and automatic exchange of information in appropriate international agreements;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Is aware that the inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential negative effects where money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance are concerned; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption; iconsistders that ~~clauses on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud be included in all trade and investment~~trade and investment agreements can offer a greater opportunity to increase cooperation on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud in order to include the relevant clauses in specific international agreements;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas nowadays trade liberalisation mainly deals with dismantling the so-called regulatory barriers, which are laws and regulations adopted by democratically-elected bodies and emanating from societal choices; whereas there are increasing concerns that trade negotiations risk prevailing over democratic rule-making and that they do not primarily pursue the public interest; whereas any improvement in transparency will hardly compensate for the increasing sense of mistrust towards trade negotiators; whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Is ~~aware~~concerned that the ~~inclusion of provisions relating to financial services in trade agreements has raised concerns regarding their potential~~liberalisation of trade in financial services increases negative effects where money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance are concerned; supports the Commission in its fight against corruption; ~~insists th~~urges the Commission to negotiate c~~lause~~ommitments to ratify and implement international standards on corruption, money laundering and tax fraud ~~be included~~ in all trade and investment agreements as a pre-condition for liberalisation;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

Amendment 344 #

Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the Commission, in line with the Commission's communication on an External Strategy for Effective Taxation, to ensure that in future trade and investment agreements, clauses related to tax good governance, anti- corruption and anti-money laundering apply as swiftly as possible, without waiting for the entry into force of the whole agreement;

Amendment 345 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Emphasises that a forward-looking trade policy must pay greater attention to the specific needs of SMEs and ensure that they can fully benefit from trade and investment agreements; recalls that only a small share of European SMEs are able to identify and exploit the opportunities that globalisation and trade liberalisation offer; notes that only 13 % of European SMEs have been internationally active outside the EU but recognises that SMEs already account for one third of EU exports; supports initiatives to facilitate the internationalisation of European SMEs , therefore insists on the benefits of a Chapter on SMEs in all future FTAs, also, but believes that new ways need to be explored on how to better assist SMEs in their sale of goods and services abroad; stresses that SMEs need more tailor-made support, starting in Member States;

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Emphasises that a forward-looking trade policy must pay greater attention to the specific needs of SMEs and ensure that they can fully benefit from trade and investment agreements; recalls that only a small share of European SMEs are able to identify and exploit the opportunities that globalisation and trade liberalisation offer; notes that only 13 % of European SMEs have been internationally active outside the EU; supports initiatives to facilitate the internationalisation of European SMEs, but believes that new ways need to be explored on how to better assist SMEs in their sale of goods and services abroad; stresses that SMEs need more tailor-made support, starting in Member States; highlights the importance for SMEs of having access to user-friendly online information about trade measures;

Amendment 347 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Asks the Commission to better support the internationalisation of SMEs by developing specific and clear guidebooks for SMEs about the opportunities and benefits offered by each trade agreement concluded by the EU;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38 a (new)

38a. Asks the Commission to ensure that trade agreements do not undermine the development strategies of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises while multinationals thrive;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Asks the Commission to horizontally address SMEs’' needs in all chapters of trade agreements including, but not limited to, the creation of online single points of entry for SMEs to learn about relevant regulation, something of particularly crucial relevance to cross border service providers in terms of licencing and other administrative requirements; in addition, and where appropriate, these tools should cover new market access opportunities for SMEs, particularly for low value tenders; stresses the need to cut trading costs for SMEs through streamlining customs procedures, reducing non-tariff barriers and regulatory burdens and simplifying rules of origin; believes that there is a role to be played by SMEs in helping the Commission to shape these tools to ensure that trade agreements meet their needs; encourages the Commission to maintain close dialogue with SME representatives at all stages of trade negotiations;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’'s attention~~, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP~~;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Asks the Commission to horizontally address SMEs’ needs in all chapters of trade agreements with a clear goal-oriented policy which should focus on delivery of tangible results and better market access for EU SMEs;

Amendment 351 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Reminds with regard to regulatory cooperation that the corresponding mechanisms must be based on enhanced information exchange and improved adoption and implementation of international instruments and lead to increased convergence on international technical standards whilst under no circumstances undermining or delaying the democratically legitimised decision- making procedures of any trading partner;

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Invites the Commission to examine further ways how to help SMEs exporting to the third markets; calls in this regard on the Commission to further explore the potential of a renewed market access strategy;

Amendment 353 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Stresses that faster access for European SMEs to anti-dumping procedures is key to protecting them from unfair trade practices; stresses the need for a reform of the WTO multilateral framework in order to better involve SMEs and to ensure faster settlement of disputes;deleted

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Calls on the Commission to assess and improve the existing tools regarding subsidiarity, non-duplication and complementarity in relation to respective Member State programmes and European value-added before developing further ~~instrument~~stand-alone actions to support the internationalisation of SMEs; stresses that the Commission should submit an independent evaluation of all the existing programmes to Parliament;

Amendment 355 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. ~~Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliame~~Calls on the Commission to respect the result of the only official public consultation it carried on ISDS, that brought as its result a rejection by 97 % of the participants o~~n the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on~~f any ISDS system rejecting any existing or future ISDS or ICS system because it creates a special justice system for investors creating unacceptable double standards for justice, because it challenges in practical terms the ‘right to regulate~~’, the annual~~ of Governments and Parliaments, because it const~~s for the EU~~itutes an enormous threat to public budget, and ~~its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules~~because it is challenging the monopoly of the European judiciary system to interpret EU law; reiterates that investment arbitration systems, whether they names is ISDS or ICS, are not fair and not independent and balanced methods to address disputes between sovereign nations and private investors, as any investor in the EU should respect the reliability of the local judiciary system;

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on ~~the ‘right to regulate’,~~ the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules; stresses that, in investment agreements, the 'right to regulate' must respect both undertakings' protection against de facto expropriation and the right for the Union and Member States, as well as trading partners, to pursue policies on social protection, environmental protection, consumer protection and public health, and that this right must be guaranteed by means of substantive provisions in investment agreements and not by means of the selection of dispute settlement mechanisms;

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

Amendment 359 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’'s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘'right to regulate’', the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules; shares the ambition of establishing in the medium term a multilateral solution to investment disputes and calls on this to be built-in to all on-going bilateral negotiations; regrets that the ICS proposal does not include an investors' obligation provision;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are ~~worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP~~interested in trade policy;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. ~~Stresse~~Highlights the importance of ~~further debate with stakeholders an~~inward and outward investment to the EU economy and the need for the EU's business to be protected fully when they invest in third Pmar~~liament on the~~kets; in this context welcomes the recent Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System ~~in order to better clarify its~~which clarifies and ensures that there is no impact on the ‘right to regulate’,; asks for more information about the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition ruleRejects the inclusion of the Investment Court System in trade and investment agreements as it fails to provide full guarantees to the ‘right to regulate’, it raises issues of compliance with the EU legal order and it still grants disproportionate rights to investors;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on the Commission’s proposal for the Investment Court System in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance withUnderlines that continued investment, both inward and outward, remains of crucial important to Europe's economy and stresses the need to promote and protect investment; notes the adoption of a new approach on investment, as called for by the European Parliament, and its inclusion in the agreements with Canada and Vietnam, and its inclusion in the EU legal ~~order, the pow~~proposal for an investment chapter ofin the EU ~~courts in particular, and more specifically the EU competition rules~~-US free trade agreement;

Amendment 363 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. ~~Stresses the importance of further debate with stakeholders and Parliament on~~Welcomes the Commission’'s proposal for ~~the~~an Investment Court Ssystem ~~in order to better clarify its impact on the ‘right to regulate’, the annual costs for the EU budget and its compliance with the EU legal order, the power of the EU court~~, with publicly-appointed and publicly- remunerated judges; believes that its inclusion in bilateral agreements should be considered as a first step towards ian ~~particular, and more specifically the EU competi~~International Investment Court applying a common set of international rules;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Calls on the EU and its Member States to follow UNCTAD's comprehensive Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development recommendations to stimulate more responsible, transparent and accountable investments;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that dispute settlement clauses exclude pharmaceutical intellectual property from their scope;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42 a (new)

42a. Calls on the Commission to remove ISDS provisions from the free trade agreement concluded with Singapore;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Regrets that the European Fund for Strategic Investments lacks an external dimension; invites the Commission to consider the creation of a European fund for external strategic investments aimed at reviving investments in strategic projects; emphasises that such a fund could contribute to sustainable development and decent jobs, tackle poverty and abate the root causes of migration;deleted

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. ~~Regret~~Notes that the European Fund for Strategic Investments lacks an external dimension~~; invites~~, asks that the Commission tonly consider the creation of a ~~European fund for external strategic investments aimed at reviving investments in strategic projects~~n external arm after careful analysis of the performance of the Fund and an examination of its utility, given the existence of lending by the European Investment Bank, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development and the action of the European Development Fund; emphasises that ~~such a fund could~~these funds must contribute to sustainable development and decent jobs, tackle poverty and abate the root causes of migration;

Amendment 37 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European and national regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Emphasizes that the EU investment policy has to tackle broader issues than merely investment protection but addressing also investment facilitation and governance, thus, ensuring foreign direct investment serves the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals; considers investor obligations based on inter alia the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Corporate Social responsibility and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights an indispensable part if a such an investment policy; urges Member States to work towards progress within the UN on the elaboration of a legally binding instrument on business and human rights;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 a (new)

43a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively support the UN Open Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) developing a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises launched in June 2014;

Amendment 372 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Helmut SCHOLZ, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)

43b. Welcomes the progress made since the establishment of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact and calls Commission to expand binding frameworks to other sectors; urges in this regard the European Commission to enhance due diligence initiatives that complement the existing EU timber regulation, on the proposed EU regulation on conflict minerals, for other sectors; thereby ensuring the EU and its traders and operators live up to the obligation to respect human rights, and the highest social and environmental standards;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43 b (new)

43b. Considers the connection between trade and investment agreements and double taxation treaties to be seriously underexplored and calls on the Commission to study closely any effects such tools may have on each other and on wider policy coherence in the fight against tax evasion;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countriesReminds that the EU is the only WTO Party that has committed to openness by default of its public procurement market;

Amendment 375 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests and making sure states remain free to adopt qualitative rules for their procurement procedures including social and environmental criteria; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countries;

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countries; should the current level of asymmetries persist, calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of a "Buy European Act";

Amendment 377 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the elimination of the current imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and more reciprocal opening up of international public procurement markets, while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countries;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Calls for the ~~elimina~~recognition of ~~the~~ public procurrement imbalances as regards the degree of openness of public procurement markets between the EU and other trading partners; calls on the Commission to go even further in seeking an ambitious and reciprocal openas an important policy tool both for the EU ant its Member States and for our trading partners; calls on the Commission to consider the adoption of a Buy European Act or a Small Business Act, (giving up3% of ~~international public procurement markets,~~the PP market to discriminated minorities) while guaranteeing the exclusion of services of general economic interests; stresses that ~~European economic operators, but especially European SMEs, need better access to public contracts in third countrie~~better access to public contracts in third countries is a priority for corporate companies, not for most of genuine SMEs;

Amendment 379 #

Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44 a (new)

44a. Considers that seeking non- discriminatory access to public contracts is not in contradiction with promoting, in the framework of the revised Government Procurement Agreement and in the FTAs, sustainable procurement practices as enshrined in the EU's public procurement directives;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas on-going trade negotiations ~~such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA~~ have brought European trade policy increasingly to the public’'s attention, and whereas more and more citizens are worried that European regulation and standards could be undermined by the CCP;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the Commission’s amended proposal for a regulation on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement, which is an important tool for ensuring a level playing field in the market access of third countries;deleted

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

Amendment 382 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. Welcomes the Commission’'s amended proposal for a regulation on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’'s internal market in public procurement, which is an important tool for ensuring a level playing field in the market access of third countries and strongly regrets that Member States governments have been holding up the original proposal; calls on the Commission to achieve reciprocity in access to public procurement markets with all trading partners;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45

45. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission’s amended proposal for a regulation on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement~~, which is an important tool for ensuring a level playing field in the market access of third countries~~;

Amendment 384 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)

45a. Is of the opinion that should the Commission not manage to obtain full reciprocity from its partners on access to public procurement markets, it should consider putting a legislative proposal for a ‘Buy European Act’ on the agenda to give EU enterprises preference on EU public procurement markets;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Emphasises that ~~access to resources on equal terms is of vital importance for fair competition on the global marke~~natural resources are limited and should be used in an economically and environmentally sustainable way, giving priority to recycling, and helping developing countries and especially LDCs to use part of their raw materials for their own industrialization and development; recalls that common goods such as air, water, and energy are limited and producers should compensate their cost for consuming these resources by paying to public funds for sustainable development; recalls that European trade policy needs to pursue a consistent, sustainable, comprehensive and cross- policy strategy concerning raw materials as already outlined by Parliament in its resolution on a new trade policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Emphasises that access to resources on equal terms is of vital importance for fair competition on the global market, while recognising the great dependence of developing countries on natural resources and the compatibility of export duties with WTO rules; recalls that European trade policy needs to pursue a consistent, sustainable, comprehensive and cross- policy strategy concerning raw materials as already outlined by Parliament in its resolution on a new trade policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 – subparagraph 1 (new)

The fight against illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products

Amendment 388 #

Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 – point 1 (new)

(1) Remains deeply concerned by the recent surge in wildlife crime and its attendant illegal trade, which is not only having a devastating impact on biodiversity and species numbers but also presents a clear and present danger to livelihoods and local economies, notably in developing countries; welcomes the EU's commitment to eliminate the illegal wildlife trade as part of the EU's response to the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 15, which notes not only the need to ensure the end of poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna but also to address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products; expects, in this regard, the Commission, after a period of reflection including the European Parliament and the Member States to consider how best to include provisions on the illegal wildlife trade in all future EU trade agreements;

Amendment 389 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Calls on the European Commission to present a report to the European Parliament on dual-pricing and other price-distorting practices of major EU trading partners, with a special focus on energy resources, indicating the economic impact of such practices on EU economy and the steps that the European Commission has taken – at the bilateral, multilateral and WTO level – to eradicate such practices; Calls on the Commission to do its utmost to abolish the practice of dual-pricing and other price-distorting practices in its trade relations with all its trading partners;

Amendment 39 #

Franck PROUST

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas trade negotiations such as ACTA, TTIP, CETA and TiSA have brought European trade policy to the public’s attention, and whereas more and more citizens ~~are worried that~~have a grasp of the CCP and of issues concerning European regulation ~~and~~or standards ~~could be undermined by the CCP~~;

Amendment 390 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Is of the opinion that trade and investment policies should be part of our common strategy to address challenges such as migration or terrorism by supporting and investing in sustainability, jobs creation and growth in our neighbourhood, therefore welcomes the opening of negotiations for a DCFTA with Tunisia and encourages the starting of negotiations for a DCFTA with Jordan; stresses the need for assistance and financial support to all the countries of the Southern Mediterranean; encourages the modernisation of the customs union with Turkey;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Believes that better and more efficient customs procedures in Europe and abroad could help to facilitate trade, meet respective trade facilitation requirements, and fight against counterfeiting of goods entering the single market, which distorts EU economic growth and seriously exposes EU consumers; welcomes the Commission’'s intention to enhance cooperation between customs authorities; calls once more on the Commission and the Members States to set up a unified EU customs service for a more effective application of customs rules and procedures throughout the customs territory of the EU;

Amendment 392 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. ~~Believ~~Emphasises that better harmonized and more efficient customs procedures in Europe and abroad ~~could~~ help to facilitate trade, to meet respective trade facilitation requirements, and to fight against forgeries, illegal and counterfeit~~ing of~~ goods entering in the single market, which ~~distort~~undermines EU economic growth and seriously exposes EU consumers; welcomes the Commission’'s intention to enhance cooperation between customs authorities; calls once more on the Commission and the Members States to set up a unified EU customs service for a more effective application of customs rules and procedures throughout the customs territory of the EU;

Amendment 393 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 – point 1 (new)

(1) Underlines that the Commission should be seeking in trade agreements the adoption by trading partners of single windows for customs and border compliance, if necessary accompanied by capacity building aid for trade funds, as appropriate;

Amendment 394 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Underlines that trade agreements and the decline in tariff rates that follows expose customs to greater security and protection concerns; emphasises that adequate communication and strong coordination is essential; Customs agencies should treat trade transactions involving non-cooperative tax jurisdictions with the highest level of scrutiny;

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. ~~Underlin~~Emphasises that trade ~~agreements and the decline i~~quate communication and strong coordination tar~~iff rates that follows expose customs to greater security and protection concerns; emphasises that adequate communication and strong coordination is essential;~~e required in order to ensure that tariff elimination is accompanied by appropriate technical, institutional and policy measures to ensure continued security of trade

Amendment 396 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Asks the Commission and the Member States to launch an open debate about the possible shift of Custom authorities from the national to the EU level;

Amendment 397 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 16 a (new)

Non-tariff barriers to trade and origin rules

Amendment 398 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)

49a. Calls on the Commission, in multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral free trade agreements, to seek to eliminate non-tariff barriers to trade, including – although this is not an exhaustive list – origin rules, labelling rules, licensing rules, health and plant health rules, bans on imports and customs procedures;

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 b (new)

49b. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it intends to modernise origin rules, as those rules constitute an ever increasing barrier to trade where trade patterns are dominated by global value chains; stresses that the modernisation of origin rules must be a priority in all FTAs that the Union negotiates; calls on the Commission in particular to work for flexible origin rules, including undemanding requirements relating to added value and changing HS subcodes;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted at the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in 2015,

Amendment 40 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the European Commission made a clear pledge that no trade agreement will ever lower levels of regulatory protection, that any change to levels of protection can only be upward and that the right to regulate will always be protected;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 16 b (new)

Trade for development

Amendment 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 c (new)

49c. Welcomes the Commission's announcement that it intends to perform a mid-term review of the General System of Preferences (GSP) and particularly the possibility of also extending preferences to services within the system;

Amendment 402 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 17 a (new)

Delivering tangible benefits to consumers Acknowledges that trade agreements have the potential to largely benefit consumers, notably by increasing competition, lowering prices, providing greater choice and boosting innovation; to unleash such potential, calls on the Commission to strongly push in all negotiations for a limitation to geoblocking practices, for a reduction in international roaming fees, and for a reinforcement of passenger rights;

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Shares the OECD’s view that open and fair trade and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to ~~maximise the gains and minimise the losses~~compensate the impact of trade liberalization on the populations, in Europe and abroad, and on the economy ; urges the Members States and the Commission to do much more to complement trade opening by a range of supporting measures in order to ensure ~~inclusive growth – such as education~~sustainable development, – such as reinforcement of public service for education and health, active labour market policies, supporting research and development, and infrastructure for development, a~~nd social protection~~dequate rules to guarantee social and environmental rights;

Amendment 404 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Shares the OECD’'s view that open trade and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to maximise the gains and minimise the losses; urges the Members States and the Commission to do much more to complement trade opening by a range of supporting measures in order to ensure inclusive growth – such as education, active labour market policies, public investment, supporting research and development, infrastructure development and social protection;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Shares the OECD’s view that open trade and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to maximise the gains and minimise the losses; urges the Members States ~~and the Commission~~ to do much more to complement trade opening by a range of supporting measures in order to ensure inclusive growth – such as education, active labour market policies, supporting research and development, infrastructure development and social protection;

Amendment 406 #

Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Danuta Maria HÜBNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

Amendment 407 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to find more sophisticated ways of introducing mitigating measures to redevelop industries and regions that lose out; emphasises that in this respect the European Structural and Investment Funds, and in particular both the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund, can play an outstanding role; points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded; calls on the Commission to increase the scope of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide assistance to EU companies and producers that are negatively affected by trade-related sanctions vis-á-vis third countries or by sanctions of third countries against EU producers and companies; Calls on the Commission to also assist those companies in finding alternative trading opportunities to mitigate or offset the negative economic effects of such sanctions; Calls on the Commission to find alternate means to assist those companies should a change in the scope of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund not materialise within a reasonable time frame;

Amendment 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

Amendment 409 #

Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas doubts are being raised by EU citizens, companies and SMEs on whether large industry associations truly represent the interests of EU citizens, EU companies and generally, the European Union;

Amendment 410 #

David MARTIN, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to conduct thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the basis of sector-by-sector and regional impact assessments for all trade agreements and relevant legislative files to anticipate negative effects on the labour market within the Union and to find more sophisticated ways of introducing mitigating measures to redevelop industries and regions that lose out, with a view to achieving a more equitable distribution of and ensuring broad-based gains from trade; emphasises that in this respect the European Structural and Investment Funds, and in particular both the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund, can play an outstanding role; ~~points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded;~~

Amendment 411 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to change their trade and investment policies in order to avoid trade deals with negative effect on the industrialization, to find more sophisticated ways of introducing mitigating measures to redevelop industries and regions that lose out; emphasises that in this respect the European Structural and Investment Funds, and in particular both the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund, can play an outstanding role; points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument if reformed and shaped in a way that it is adequately funded;

Amendment 413 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)

51a. Points out that the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund could also be an important instrument; believes however that the current use of the EGF to tame the adverse impacts in some sectors resulting from increased international competition is not satisfactory; stresses that this instrument should be reformed and adequately funded whereby it proactively anticipates risks and adaptation of sectorial, regional and national production structures in cases in which the sustainable impact assessment indicates that these might be endangered as a consequence of trade agreements;

Amendment 414 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee ~~and~~, the Committee of the Regions, to UNCTAD and to the WTO.

Amendment 42 #

David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas regulatory cooperation in trade agreements has to secure the highest level of protection of health and safety in line with the precautionary principle laid down in Article 191 TFEU;

Amendment 43 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas transparency requires that EU institutions verify that positions submitted on behalf of EU industries actually reflect EU industry views;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the EU’s trade and investment policy must be bolstered not only by ensuring beneficial outcomes in terms of employment and wealth creation for citizens and businesses, but also by guaranteeing a coherence with the EU policies to guarantee and strengthen citizens' social and environmental rights, cultural diversity and development co- operation, the highest level of transparency, engagement and accountability, by maintaining constant dialogue with social partners, stakeholders and local and regional authorities, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the EU’'s trade and investment policy must be bolstered not only by ensuring beneficial outcomes in terms of employment and wealth creation for citizens and businesses, but also by guaranteeing the highest level of transparency, engagement and accountability, by maintaining constant dialogue with businesses, consumers, social partners, stakeholders and local and regional authorities, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the EU’s trade and investment policy must be bolstered not only by ensuring beneficial outcomes in terms of employment and wealth creation for citizens and businesses, but also by guaranteeing the highest level of transparency, engagement and accountability, by maintaining constant dialogue with ~~social partners,~~all relevant stakeholders and local and regional authorities, and by setting clear guidelines in the negotiations;

Amendment 47 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Michel DANTIN, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas rules of origin determine the true extent of trade liberalization, as they determine which goods actually benefit from free trade agreements, but are often missed in public trade policy debates and have not, until now, been subject to an analysis by the European Parliament;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas, in its trade policy and the trade negotiations it conducts, the European Union must take into account the sensitivity of certain sectors in terms of market opening, particularly the agricultural sector;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas by 2050 the EU-28 will account for ~~only~~ 15 % of the world’s GDP, down from 23.7 % in 2013, and whereas by 2015 90 % of world growth will be generated outside Europe; whereas emerging economies' growth rates are already slowing down considerably and will continue along this trend in the next decades as they reach the status of mature economies;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 29 April 2016 on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and progress of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact,

Amendment 50 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas by 2050 the EU-28 ~~will~~is projected to account for only 15 % of the world’'s GDP, down from 23.7 % in 2013, and whereas bysince 2015 90 % of world growth ~~will be~~is generated outside Europe;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas by 2050 the EU-28 will account for only 15 % of the world’'s GDP, down from 23.7 % in 2013, and whereas by 2015 90 % of world economic growth will be generated outside Europe;

Amendment 52 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the EU is currently the largest trading bloc in the world, ~~controll~~representing a third of world trade, and whereas by 2020 this will decrease to about 26 %, what is still high, considering that the EU represented only 7.1% of the world's population in 2013, and it is decreasing in percentage;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the EU is currently the largest trading bloc in the world, controlling a third of world trade, and whereas by 2020 this ~~will~~is projected to decrease to about 26 %;

Amendment 54 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the centre of wealth generation is clearly shifting eastwards, towards the Asia-Pacific Region with China, which has already surpassed Japan and will probably overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy in 2025, which is an indicator of emerging economies and developing countries catching up with the group of industrialized countries and reaching the stage of mature economies;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the centre of wealth generation is clearly shifting eastwards, towards the Asia-Pacific Region with China, which has already surpassed Japan and ~~will probably~~could overtake the US to become the world’s largest economy in 2025, while the gap with most developing countries and the LDCs is increasing, often as an effect of trade liberalisation, illegitimate external debt and structural adjustments;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas other variables such as demographic changes will also have a negative impact on the EU’s position on the world trade scene; whereas the EU’s share of the world’s population is expected to decrease from 7.1 % in 2013 to 5.3 % in 2060;deleted

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas other variables such as demographic changes will also have a negative impact on the EU’'s position on the world trade scene; whereas the EU’'s share of the world’'s population is expected to decrease from 7.1 % in 2013 to 5.3 % in 2060; whereas increasing life expectancy coupled to increasing dependency ratios (estimated to increase from 28.8 per 100 people to 49.4 per 100 people in 2050) will present new challenges in maintaining economic growth and social expenditures;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the percentage of world trade made up of intermediate goods is nearly 60% of the share of world imports and close to 75% of the imports of large developing countries, such as Brazil and China;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas recent estimates have stated that business-as-usual emissions will increase by up to 250% for shipping and 270% for aviation by 2050;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Regulation on illegally harvested timber, EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive, the EC Proposal for a Conflict Minerals Regulation, the UK Modern Slavery Act Transparency in Supply Chains Clause and the French Bill on duty of care,

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. whereas it has been estimated that cross border flows of capital, goods, services and data added an extra $7.8tn to the global economy in 2014, with the added value of data flows alone covering $2.8tn of that total, more than the $2.7tn estimated for trade in goods;

Amendment 61 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1

Adapting faster to quickly changing trends in global trade ~~patterns~~

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’~~; regrets the Commission’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012~~ but deeply deplores that, despite the growing criticism of the current EU international trade policy by the European citizens, Commission is not redirecting this policy it and proposing concrete steps in order to ensure that international trade is contributing to defend and guarantee, -and not to undermining in favour of corporate companies and investors-, the citizen's social and environmental rights, job creation and defence of quality jobs, public services including health services, family and middle scale farming, food security and sovereignty, cultural diversity and coherence with the development cooperation goals and SDGs;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’; regrets that the Commission~~’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012~~ has not opted for "reciprocity" as one of the cornerstones of its strategy; deplores the unfairness of the current situation, whereby our trade partners, not least the USA and China, have increasingly closed their own markets to EU companies, in particular in transport, telecommunications and public procurement, whereas their companies still benefit from a large access to the EU's internal market;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’ and welcomes the new focus on such elements as responsible management of supply chains, fair and ethical trade and the social costs of trade liberalisation; regrets the Commission’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012;

Amendment 65 #

Marine LE PEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new strategy ‘Trade for all – Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy’; regrets the Commission’s delay in presenting a new strategy, given that Parliament requested that a revised mid- and long-term trade strategy be presented by summer 2012Regrets the still existing lack of transparency in trade negotiations, especially in TTIP and TiSA talks;

Amendment 66 #

Matteo SALVINI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 67 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Believes firmly that any future trade policy must, as core principles, fight all forms of protectionism, notably the reduction of unnecessary non-tariff barriers to trade, ensure new market access for goods, services and procurement, especially for SMEs, promote investment as well as ensuring suitable investment protection provisions, promote high standards of IPR protections, secure new access to raw materials and energy resources , promote regulatory cooperation and raise global standards;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that trade liberalisation is not positive per se, in terms of reducing poverty inequalities, and could even have negative effects on sustainable development if it is not properly regulated and accompanies by binding control mechanism for corporations and by re- distribution through fair and progressive tax systems;

Amendment 69 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the focus of the new strategy on the global digital market which should prevent the development of new barriers in the e-commerce, and in trade of digital goods and services. Believes that this sectors has to be one of the essential components of EU's trade agreement with relevant partners;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the mandate given in June 2014 to the UN Open Ended inter-Governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) to develop a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises,

Amendment 70 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

~~2. Deplores the fact that the new strategy is not sufficiently focused on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europe;~~deleted

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Deplores the fact that the new strategy is not ~~sufficiently~~ focused on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europe, and to surpass the problem of the relocation of the European industry, while priority is given by Commission to corporate companies, and to financial sectors investing abroad and importing into the EU; calls on to tackle the problem of the relocation in countries with lower wages, without social protection nor the necessary environmental standards;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplores the fact that the new strategy is not sufficiently focused on the rol~~Believes strongly that while services account for 70% of European economic activity, and will provide 90% of future jobs, that the importance of the EU manufacturing sector ~~in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialis~~must in no way be overlooked in the formulation of ~~Europe~~the CCP;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplores the fact that the new strategy is not sufficiently~~Considers the manufacture sector as a vital component for the industrialization of Europe and therefore the strategy should focus mored on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP~~, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europe~~;

Amendment 74 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplor~~Welcomes the fact that the ~~new~~ strategy is ~~not sufficiently focused on the role of the manufacturing sector in the CCP, which is vital for the reindustrialisation of Europe~~focused on various sectors that are all very important for Europe’s economic recovery;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the new EU trade policy will not endanger the level of intra EU exchanges, that are more sustainable, ecologically and socially, instead of weakening it through liberalization and trade deals in benefit of corporate companies interests and investors such as TTIP, CETA, TiSA and EPAs;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises the importance of opening up trade in services, because trade in services is not only a source of growth in the service sector, but also provides support for the manufacturing sector;

Amendment 77 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its trade and investment strategy and to publicly present by 2017 a detailed annual implementation report to Parliament including reports on progress of the ongoing trade negotiations as well as the negotiations in preparation (such as Mexico, Chile or Taiwan);

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its ~~trade and investment~~international trade strategy and to publicly present a detailed annual implementation report to Parliament; assessing the impact of this strategy on citizens' rights and interests;

Amendment 79 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its trade and investment strategy and to publicly present a detailed ~~annual~~mid-term implementation report to Parliament to ensure it delivers on its promises;

Amendment 8 #

Tanja FAJON, Daniele VIOTTI, Ulrike LUNACEK, Malin BJÖRK

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Guidelines to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council of 24 June 2013,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to regularly update its trade and investment strategy and to publicly present a detailed annual implementation report to Parliament by 31st March of each calendar year;

Amendment 81 #

Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Helmut SCHOLZ, Eleonora FORENZA, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recognises that EU's trade policy is of utmost geopolitical and economic importance for Europe to shape globalisation, to strengthen international standards and to increase access to foreign markets; notes that international rules will be set by others, if we don't act now;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that only fair and properly regulated trade if aligned with SDGs could have potential for sustainable development; calls on the Commission to support the implementation of SDGs by including comprehensive and enforceable chapters in all trade agreements;

Amendment 83 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Commission to expedite its procedures so that negotiated trade agreements can be referred to Parliament within a shorter period of time and can therefore be provisionally applied or enter into force more swiftly;

Amendment 84 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Bernd LANGE, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that enhanced cooperation between regulators is key to facilitate trade and investment through the identification of technical barriers to trade and duplicated or redundant administrative burdens and formalities, which disproportionately affect SMEs, while not compromising the technical procedures linked to fundamental standards and regulations or procedures serving a public policy objective, preserving European standards on health, safety, consumer, labour, social and environmental legislation and cultural diversity and fully respecting the regulatory autonomy of national, regional and local authorities;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s attempts to increase transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such as the Commission’s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; rRegrets the still existing lack of transparency in trade negotiations, especialls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing Parliament to assume its responsibility under the CCP even better; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission’s transparency initiative to extend its key elements to all ongoing trade negotiationy in TTIP and TiSA talks;

Amendment 86 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Eleonora FORENZA, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s attempts to increase transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such as the Commission’s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing Parliament to assume its responsibility under the CCP even better; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission’s transparency initiative to extend its key elements to all ongoing trade negotiations; stresses however the importance of launching a deep institutional reform of trade policy in order to reflect the principle that trade must not be an end in itself but should be an instrument to achieve worthier purposes; believes that trade negotiations are not suitable institutional mechanisms to achieve regulatory convergence while preserving the primary function of regulation to pursue the public interest, safety and protection from risks;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’s attempts to increase transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such as the Commission’s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing ParliamentEncourages the Commission to guarantee to all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments and to the public in general, full access to all negotiating documents; recalls that this access would allowing Parliaments and stakeholders to assume ~~its~~their responsibility under the CCP ~~even better~~; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission’s transparency initiative to extend ~~its key elements~~full transparency and possibility for public scrutiny to all ongoing trade negotiations;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’'s attempts to increase transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, such as the Commission’'s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing Parliament to assume its responsibility under the CCP even better; ~~call~~asks the~~refore for a wid~~ Commission to consider extending ~~of the Commission’~~its transparency initiative to ~~extend its key elements to all ongoing trade negotiations~~all ongoing and future trade negotiations, and to consult with partner countries with a view to encouraging the highest standards of transparency;

Amendment 9 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

– having regard to the European Council Conclusions of 7/8th February 2013, its Conclusions on Trade of 21st November 2014 and the Conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council of 27th November 2015,

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the Commission’'s ~~attempts to~~ increased transparency and openness at all stages of trade negotiations, ~~such a~~and supports the Commission’'s TTIP transparency initiative; acknowledges that, after a number of requests from Parliament, the Commission enhanced the transparency of negotiations by providing all Members of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments access to classified negotiating documents and providing more information to stakeholders; recalls that enlarged access to classified information by Members of Parliament in the TTIP negotiations has strengthened parliamentary scrutiny, thereby allowing Parliament to assume its responsibility under the CCP even better; calls therefore for a widening of the Commission’'s transparency initiative to extend its key elements to all ongoing trade negotiations;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Council to publish all existing and future negotiating mandates as soon as they are adopted and without restricting the Union’s leeway for negotiation;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Council to publish, where appropriate, all existing and future negotiating mandates as soon as they are adopted;

Amendment 93 #

Helmut SCHOLZ, Anne-Marie MINEUR, Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY, Eleonora FORENZA, Stelios KOULOGLOU, Patrick LE HYARIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Council to publish all existing and future negotiating mandates as soon as ~~they are adopted~~is feasibly possible;

Amendment 94 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Nicola DANTI, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Council to publish all ~~existing~~previously adopted and future negotiating mandates ~~as soon as they are adopted~~without delay;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Stresses that the~~Calls on the Commission to ensure a strong and balanced involvement of civil society and stakeholders, including through appropriate public ~~online~~ consultations, is crucial in order to ~~strengthen the legitimacy of trade policy and to improve its content~~deeply transform and improve the content of the EU's international trade policy and orient it to the defence of citizen's rights, and thereby strengthen its legitimacy;

Amendment 96 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG, Bernd LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the involvement of civil society and s~~takehold~~ocial partners, including through appropriate public online consultations and communication campaigns, is crucial in order to strengthen the legitimacy of trade policy and to improve its content;

Amendment 97 #

David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Victor BOŞTINARU, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that, where possible, EU institutions documents should be published. Reminds that where confidential information is beyond the reach of public access it must be available to parliamentarians who scrutinise trade policy on behalf of citizens; considers that there should be clear criteria for classifying documents to avoid ambiguity and arbitrary decisions; notes that the case law of the ECJ makes it clear that where a document originating in an EU institution is covered by an exception to the right to public access, the institution must clearly explain why access to this document could specifically and effectively undermine the interest protected by the exception, and that this risk must be reasonably foreseeable and not purely hypothetical; calls on the Commission to implement the recommendations of the European Ombudsman of July 2015 with particular regard to access to documents for all negotiations;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. In order to ensure transparency and preservation of EU trade interests, calls on the European Commission, when conducting industry consultations on trade initiatives, to conduct a pre- screening of EU trade associations, to ensure that their membership, organizational structure and rules of procedure ensure that EU entities, with EU headquarters and centre of business decisions in the EU, have majority vote in adopting positions on trade issues that the European Commission relies on;

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is aware that transparency is crucial to gain public support for the CCP but remarks that trade negotiations and the European interests in those negotiations must not be undermined;

source: 580.492

2016/05/04 AGRI 135 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets and the prioritisation of ambitious and balanced trade agreements, which take into account the sensitivities of European agriculture, to be of the utmost importance; particularly in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, ~~provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;~~

Amendment 100 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Cconsiders that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; calls on the Commission to stand firm on this matter and to not consider GI protection as a substitute for genuine market opening from the other party; considers that sensitive agricultural products should be excluded from any "cumulation of origins" for products imported from third countries with which the EU and its FTA's partners already have a free trade agreement in order to protect the real European origin in the agriculture, instead of opening the EU origin to third countries;

Amendment 101 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that ~~the~~ protect~~ion of geographical indica~~ed geographical indications are one of the biggest competitive advantages of European agriculture and that their protections should therefore be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; stresses that the conclusion of trade agreements may provide opportunities for European organic farming through new markets for high-quality, high-price agricultural products;

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications ~~should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA~~, environmental and health standards and the preservation of the European livestock sector make it necessary to suspend negotiations on free trade agreements with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand; for the same reasons, considers that it would be inappropriate to reopen discussions with MERCOSUR members;

Amendment 103 #

Norbert ERDŐS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications and strict safeguarding of EU health, food safety, environmental, consumer protection and animal welfare provisions should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA, MERCOSUR, Australia and New Zealand;

Amendment 104 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that EU negotiators should demand the protection of geographical indications as~~hould be~~ a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries~~, especially~~; urges the Commission to continue to hold a firm position in this respect, particularly in negotiations for the free-trade agreement with the USA;.

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA and that all trade agreements should include protective measures and actions to combat counterfeiting;

Amendment 106 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; therefore opposes the conclusion of any trade agreement which does not comply with the principle of geographical indications;

Amendment 107 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers, given that all third countries have the option of registering products under the EU geographical indications schemes, that the protection of all geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA;

Amendment 108 #

Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; stresses the need to use animal breeding books in these negotiations;

Amendment 109 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; considers that any agreement which would not protect geographical indications should not be signed;

Amendment 11 #

Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 110 #

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially ~~the USA~~within the framework of the on-going TTIP negotiations;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA and Canada;

Amendment 112 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers that the protection of geographical indications should be a ~~sine qua non in~~central tenet in all trade negotiations with third countries, ~~especially the USA;~~

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses in particular the dangers for the European beef sector if any agreement is made with the Mercosur bloc without adequate protection for this and other sensitive sectors;

Amendment 114 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets that,under recently concluded or ongoing trade negotiations, only a ‘short list’ of EU geographical indications is protected by our trading partners; asks the Commission to establish rules ensuring a high level of protection of all EU geographical indications of economic relevance on the markets of third countries with which negotiations are under way, together with suitable implementing measures; notes that the protection and recognition of geographical indicators in third countries is potentially of great value to the entire EU agri-food sector;

Amendment 115 #

Norbert ERDŐS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Will not accept any reduction in powers to the detriment of DG AGRI in the area of international trade;

Amendment 116 #

Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 117 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, ~~paying particular attention to~~especially regarding the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers; considers that it should not be possible to import into the EU agricultural products which are not permitted to be produced there.

Amendment 118 #

Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers; insists that consumers must be given accurate information on the characteristics of the products traded.

Amendment 119 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Sstresses the importance of progress regarding sanitary, phytosanitary ~~barrier~~and other non-tariff barriers to agricultural trade, in all free trade negotiations, paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers.;

Amendment 12 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 120 #

Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, ~~paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union~~especially in fields that might have implications for the health of consumers.

Amendment 121 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of ~~progress regarding phytosanitary barriers, paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers.~~upholding the EU's higher phytosanitary, food safety, animal welfare and social standards in trade agreements - trade negotiations must under no circumstances be used to alter or amend democratically decided EU legislation by the back door;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the importance of progress regarding health and phytosanitary barriers, ~~paying particular attention to~~especially regarding the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers.

Amendment 123 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes the poor protection of animal welfare in many of the EU's advanced trading partners, such as the lack of federal legislation protecting farm animals before slaughter in the United States; demands that the Commission include animal welfare as a trade concern in all ongoing and future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, with all imports of animal products from developed countries required to meet EU laws on animal welfare, and imports from developing countries required to meet equivalent standards;

Amendment 124 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. welcomes the realistic assessment of the Commission concerning the persistent lack of progress in the DDA; believes that, even if multilateral negotiations are indispensable, the DDA has clearly not met the expectations of the European agri-food sector despite unilateral concessions from the EU such as those made at the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi; calls therefore on the EU to define a new and more effective strategy concerning multilateral negotiations at the WTO;

Amendment 125 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is aware that European farmers will face major challenges in the future, which is why a stable common European framework to support European farmers via the CAP is indispensable for encouraging investment and boosting economic growth in the agri-food sector;

Amendment 126 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of ensuring that in negotiating agreements with third countries there are no provisions that may reduce or weaken guarantees currently provided by the Union to consumers in the agri-food industry, particularly as regards the use of products derived from GMOs or cloning;

Amendment 127 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that particular attention should be paid in trade negotiations between the EU and third countries to the use of pesticides, particularly to the different approaches to their use, as standards relating to the use of pesticides are significantly higher in the EU than in third countries;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to outlaw imports of any agricultural product sold to the public at below its real production cost, thus preventing social, economic and environmental dumping of all kinds;

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to suspend the TTIP negotiations with a view to bringing the entire process to a definitive end;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be ~~of the utmost~~ importancet in the context of the current ~~farming~~ crisis, and accordingly ~~favour~~encourages the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the ~~most sensitive sectors are adequ~~y ensure adequate protection for the most sensitive sectors and state mechanisms to regulately pro~~tect~~duction are re-established;

Amendment 130 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. rejects any negotiations which would jeopardise the precautionary principle;

Amendment 131 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Notes that the current trade structures of European agriculture, primarily through a huge trade deficit in animal feed such as soy, has seriously adverse consequences for food security, environmental protection, job security and biodiversity in importing countries such as Brazil, resulting in the destruction of tropical rainforest and the seizure of land from indigenous people and small farmers; calls on the Commission to develop a funded strategy to reduce these trade deficits and develop indigenous sources of animal feed;

Amendment 132 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. believes that, in the conduct of trade negotiations affecting directly European agricultural interests, the Commissioner for agriculture should be recognised as a leading role on all agricultural aspects; considers also that, in the functioning of collegiality in the European Commission, no decision concerning the conclusion of trade agreements should ever be taken against this Commissioner's assessment of the fundamental interests of EU agriculture;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that the EU should promote innovation to enhance productivity as a way of coping with the ever-increasing global population by supporting initiatives to address issues such as climate change and help farmers adapt to environmental challenges of all kinds;

Amendment 134 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for a total ban on direct or indirect export subsidies;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Considers it necessary to enhance the added value of farming and to run promotion campaigns with a view to opening up new markets; stresses above all that it is essential to strengthen EU- level quality schemes since they ensure the best possible brand image for EU products on the world market, providing indirect benefits for European farming as a whole;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements, providing for reciprocity mechanisms, with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 16 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 17 #

Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses the importance of ensuring greater coherence between the measures proposed as part of the Union’s new commercial strategy and those adopted as part of the common agricultural policy in order to guarantee adequate income for farmers and preserve a European production model that respects the environment, animals, food safety and regional balance; recalls, as already highlighted by the European Parliament in its resolution of 8 July 2015 on TTIP, the need to guarantee the economic and social viability of the European agricultural model;

Amendment 19 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that agricultural trade and the agri-food sector play a key role in driving economic growth and job creation, particularly in rural areas, highlights that investment in the sector and advancing Europe's position as a key player on the global market are essential for the future of European farming;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses the importance of genuine equivalence of phytosanitary standards;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Considers that agreements with third countries should be accompanied by communication campaigns targeted at European producers drawing attention to the commercial opportunities afforded by the agreements themselves;

Amendment 22 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 2 (new)

(2) Stresses the importance of traceability of products, which enables consumers to check the real provenance of goods and the methods of cultivation;

Amendment 23 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to actively promote the agricultural interests of the EU and to facilitate access to the markets of third countries for European products, in view of the substantial export potential of high-quality European agrofood products; stresses, inter alia, the need to step up promotion programmes, including by increasing the EU's cofinancing rate;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the reference in the Commission communication 'Trade for all' to the agri-food industry as a sector in which export opportunities are of crucial importance and should be actively promoted through a new Community strategy on trade and investment.

Amendment 25 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that the common agricultural policy has been a pillar of European policy since its introduction in 1962; recalls that, ever since the creation of the CAP, the European Union has insisted on ‘Community preference’, which means giving priority to products from the Member States;

Amendment 26 #

Albert DESS, Michel DANTIN, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that Europe's agrofood industry is an efficient sector of the EU's economy which is distinguished by quality, diversity and innovation in production and which makes a vital contribution to food security;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to encourage new forms of management of production levels to better balance supply and demand within Europe, with a stronger focus on developing quality products in local markets and short supply chains;

Amendment 28 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. recalls the multifunctional nature of the agri-food sector and its specific sensitivities and constraints and demands that such sensitivities and constraints be considered in the conduct of EU trade policy;

Amendment 29 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Takes the view that agricultural and food policies prioritising the external market are responsible to a large extent for the current context of the farming crisis, climate change and unemployment;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be ~~of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favo~~important in the context of the current farming crisis; takes the view, however, that export prospects, which are not the priority objective for European agricultural and food products, would not counterbalance the dangers that a multitude of bilateral trade agreements might pose for the most sensitive agricultural sectors, bearing in mind the competitive advantage enjoyed by farmers in certain third countries owing to their production models, the size of their production structures ~~the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected~~and their lower social, environmental, health and animal welfare requirements and standards; highlights, further, the need to negotiate and approve only those bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries that are balanced and likely to provide adequate protection for the most sensitive sectors, through limited tariff quotas or simply by excluding the most sensitive sectors;

Amendment 30 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Edouard FERRAND, Laurenţiu REBEGA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;

Amendment 31 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that the European Union’s common agricultural policy runs counter to the major agricultural policies in the rest of the world, under which agricultural support is directly linked to prices or production volume and is characterised by its countercyclical nature; takes the view that it is important under these circumstances to negotiate agricultural free-trade agreements that do not destabilise the European agricultural and rural sector;

Amendment 32 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. calls EU negotiators, in all free trade negotiations, such as those ongoing with the US and Mercosur, to strive to achieve a balanced result within the agricultural chapter of such negotiations with market access opportunities which are equivalent on both sides; invites them therefore to resist the temptation of cross concessions at the expense of European agriculture;

Amendment 33 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Notes that the Commission's strategy of opening up trade with developed countries with lower environmental, economic, social and sanitary and phytosanitary standards than Europe will inevitably lead to the exposure of sensitive sectors like beef to higher tariff rate quotas, with serious consequences for small farmers in vulnerable regions in Europe;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Deplores that the communication 'Trade for all' does not explicitly recognise the multi-funcional nature and the particular sensitivities of the farming sector, as a key element to be taken into account in developing the EU’s trade policy;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers regulating production and the markets and boosting small and medium-sized farms and local markets to be of the utmost importance;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports; strongly insists that in negotiations on trade agreements it must be stipulated that agricultural products may only be imported into the EU if they were produced in compliance with European standards on consumer protection, animal well-being and environmental protection as well as minimum social standards;

Amendment 37 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports; stresses the need for specific studies drawn up by independent bodies on the repercussions on European agriculture of existing trade agreements and the potential impact of those currently being negotiated;

Amendment 38 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip ~~and~~, warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports; recalls that the policies for the liberalisation of international trade in agricultural products implemented in successive reviews of the CAP have caused enormous damage to European farming;

Amendment 39 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Opposes~~Stresses that agriculture is a highly strategic political issue on which food security and the way of life of all Europeans depend; opposes, therefore, any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 4 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 40 #

Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and in which farmers and horticulturists experience the consequences of political conflicts that do not originate in agriculture and horticulture, and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation jeopardising the investment efforts of the European agri-food sector and involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; pPoints out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and ~~warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements;~~ points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri-food imports;

Amendment 43 #

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 44 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Oopposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as ~~an expendable~~ bargaining chip and warns ofabout the cumulative effect of tariff concessions ~~granted under different trade agreements~~, whether resulting from multilateral or bilateral negotiations or from autonomous schemes such as the GSP; points out that a zero rate of duty is ~~imposed on~~already applicable to 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip ~~and warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements~~; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri-food imports;

Amendment 46 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip ~~and~~; deplores the fact that such negotiations are increasingly common; warns of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Opposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and ~~warns of~~emphasises the threats posed by the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed on 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;

Amendment 48 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

(1) Calls on the Commission to publish an impact assessment of the cumulative effect of tariff concessions and market openings granted under different trade agreements without delay;

Amendment 49 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes the view that any trade negotiations must be aimed at the strict preservation of standards on food security and human and animal health, as defined under EU legislation, ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle and sustainable agriculture are respected, and firmly oppose any lowering of food standards;

Amendment 5 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected; considers it vital, however, to encourage domestic demand in relation to fruit and vegetable consumption in particular, since 24 of the 28 Member States consume less than the daily portion of 400 g recommended by the World Health Organisation;

Amendment 50 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. considers that the free trade agreement about to be concluded with Canada and those currently under negotiation with the USA and Mercosur or envisaged with Australia and New Zealand will open up the EU market to the most competitive agricultural producers in the world and those with the greatest export potential ; calls therefore on the Commission to defend sensitive agricultural products in a appropriate way;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that with the imminent entry into force of the free trade agreement with Canada, the ongoing negotiations with the USA and Mercosur and the possible opening of negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, as set out in the communication ‘Trade for All’, the EU is about to open up its markets to the most competitive agricultural exporters with the most export potential in the world;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. points out to the conclusions of the report Agriculture in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Tariffs, Tariff-Rate Quotas, and Non- Tariff Measures, prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, which clearly shows that agricultural sector in the US would benefit far more than European agricultural sector from any deal between the two mentioned counterparts;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Deplores the Commission's approach, which too often grants concessions in the field of agriculture for the purpose of gaining better access, in third countries, to the market for industrial goods and services; calls on the Commission to stop placing the interests of industry and services before those of agriculture;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Warns of the short-term cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements on the EU´s agricultural sector, but underlines that complete tariff elimination on agricultural products is the long-term objective of free trade agreements;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Recalls that the US continues to remain the EU´s biggest market for agricultural exports; calls on the Commission to ensure that the TTIP negotiations lead to an ambitious, comprehensive and balanced trade and investment agreement of a high standard that would promote sustainable, inclusive growth, as well as increased trade flows, for the EU´s agricultural sector;

Amendment 56 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Regrets that agriculture is the adjustment variable in international negotiations; regrets that this also applies to the negotiations with the US;

Amendment 57 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Underlines the importance of the AA/DCFTAs with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine for the EU´s agricultural sector, and calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to rapidly ensure the full implementation of these agreements;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to a~~ssess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and~~dopt a strategy which protects sensitive sectors and applies to all trade agreements concluded or under negotiation, and to give an overview of the concessions already granted or in the process of being granted so that there is no runaway accumulation of concessions; therefore looks forward to the results of the impact assessment on the cumulative effect of the various sensitive-product quotas already granted to our partners (under negotiation or planned) as promised by the European Commission at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on 11 April 2016 and urges it to forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 59 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to ~~assess~~exercise the utmost caution when preparing or reviewing offers for market access in trade negotiations, particularly in respect of sensitive products, and calls for such offers to be systematically based on a exhaustive assessment of the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries ~~and~~; calls on the Commission to forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 6 #

Hannu TAKKULA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 60 #

Michel DANTIN, Norbert ERDŐS, Herbert DORFMANN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Uurges the Commission to ~~assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward~~thoroughly assess the cumulative impact on the agri-food sector of current and pending trade concessions to third countries, especially with respect to sensitive products, and to submit its findings to the European Parliament before ~~accept~~making or ~~mak~~revising any ~~commercial offer~~market access offer; recalls that the Commission also has to present an individual impact assessment for any new proposal for a trade agreement;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer; urges the Commission, if these impact assessments reveal adverse consequences for sensitive European sectors, to amend or withdraw commercial offers already on the table or in preparation for submission accordingly;

Amendment 62 #

Norbert ERDŐS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament ~~before accepting or making any commercial offer~~in good time; will await Parliament's position on this matter before accepting or making any commercial offer; stresses that the customs proposal recently made by MERCOSUR is unacceptable to the European Parliament;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer; calls on the Commission to engage comprehensively with stakeholders in the European agri- food sector before entering into any new free trade negotiations;

Amendment 64 #

Jasenko SELIMOVIC, Ulrike MÜLLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to conduct an evaluation of the EU's opening up to the global market in farming products in recent decade and to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 65 #

Hannu TAKKULA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to comprehensively assess the impacts on E~~urope of fresh~~Us agricultural sector of all negotiated or future trade con~~cess~~nections to the third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any new commercial offers;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on ~~Europe~~the EU´s agricultural sector of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 67 #

John Stuart AGNEW

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on the European Union of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forward its findings to the European Parliament before proposing, accepting or making any commercial offer;

Amendment 69 #

Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that impact assessments should be conducted ex ante and should also include detailed analyses of the impact on local and regional markets;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries~~, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected~~ that will provide clear benefits in terms of new market opportunities, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected; stresses that identifying new market outlets with a high purchasing potential should be the priority of the EU strategy;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to conduct impact assessments of European agriculture and to publish the results before launching negotiations; stresses the need to consult all stakeholders, particularly at Parliament; considers that these impact assessments should consider the particular characteristics of all basic agricultural products;

Amendment 71 #

Eric ANDRIEU, Jean-Paul DENANOT, Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS, Paul BRANNEN, Marc TARABELLA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Takes the view that no trade agreement should be based on the mass movement around the world of people's staple food. adds that right of peoples and their farmers and farmers to produce their own food must be respected, something that would also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the wastage of energy;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Opposes, with regard to sensitive products, as mentioned in its resolution of 8 July 2015 on the TTIP negotiations, any accumulation of rules of origin for products from third countries with which the EU and its FTA partners already have free trade agreements;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that, in the context of TTIP and other on-going negotiations on regulatory issues, broader international regulatory cooperation in agricultural matters should be reinforced and should also have positive spill-overs in third countries, in particular in developing countries;

Amendment 74 #

Albert DESS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for agricultural imports into the EU to be permitted only if the imported products meet European standards of consumer protection, animal welfare and environmental protection and comply with minimum social standards;

Amendment 75 #

Albert DESS, Michel DANTIN, Elisabeth KÖSTINGER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to assess the cumulative impact of the European Union's trade agreements with third countries;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for special protection for certain sensitive product sectors such as poultry, beef, pigmeat, cereals and sugar, which means excluding them from tariff reductions;

Amendment 77 #

John Stuart AGNEW

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets; notes the wide differential in animal welfare standards internationally and condemns using the lowest common demoninator in trade agreements, especially when standards of implementation and enforcement of Union legislation within the EU itself are so diverse;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets; stresses that the fundamental values of EU agriculture, such as the precautionary principle, sustainable agriculture and a high level of traceability and product labelling, must not be jeopardised in trade negotiations with third countries;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets, preserving a model of production based on small and medium-sized farms able to ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion;

Amendment 8 #

Daniel BUDA, Viorica DĂNCILĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protectRejects the Commission's strategy of seeking solutions to the chronic crisis of oversupply in many important European agricultural sectors such as dairy and pork through moving surpluses overseas, particularly in developing countries, to escape the consequences of artificially induced low prices in Europe; notes that explosive demand in emerging markets such in China which was supposed to permanently absorb ever- expanding surpluses has in many cases not materialised;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of identifying market outlets in third-country economies with high purchasing power:

Amendment 81 #

Michel DANTIN, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a~~ considers that the EU trade strategy should be coherent with the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the TFEU; warns in this regard against the risk of disrupting the "level playing field" between the ~~different~~EU and its trad~~ing~~e partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new marketf free trade is introduced without any consideration for the domestic policies conducted on both sides and for the high costs borne by European farmers as a result of strict environmental, food safety and social standards;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets while protecting them from third country competitors that enjoy the advantage of lower production costs;

Amendment 84 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets; tariff barriers remain an indispensable tool to this end and must be maintained;

Amendment 85 #

Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar AYUSO, Nuno MELO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the higher environmental, food safety and social ~~costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets~~standards in the EU, reflecting our societal values, so as to ensure that small farmers and those in vulnerable areas do not lose out, and that the EU maintains its powerful marketing brand of high quality production;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmStresses that that Europe’s high standards concerning the environment, food safety, animal welfare and social well-being put EU farmers at an economic disadvantage in respect of their counterparts in third countries; takes the view that trade agreements should promote fair competitiveness between the different trading partners, so as to ensure that ~~the latt~~farmers are able to benefit fully from t~~he opening of new market~~ariff concessions;

Amendment 87 #

Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets without being exposed to unfair competition;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, plant health, animal health and welfare, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets;

Amendment 89 #

Michel DANTIN, Herbert DORFMANN, Albert DESS, Sofia RIBEIRO, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a level playing field between the different trading partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new markets and bearing in mind that the obligations imposed on European producers regarding environmental sustainability and food safety not imposed on farmers elsewhere;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers the opening of new markets for EU agricultural productions, such as dairy products, meat and live animals (pig, poultry and bovine), and fruits and vegetables, to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Considers that trade agreements must include safeguard clauses in respect of provisions to be activated by simplified and flexible mechanisms;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses that respect for food safety and human and animal health standards should be a fundamental tenet of any negotiations for European agriculture;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)

(1) considers that the Commission must submit to Parliament clear and reliable customs information regarding goods entering the Union and they should be monitored;

Amendment 93 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Considers that trade agreements concluded with third countries should work for the benefit of the EU and its Member States; the Commission should therefore examine thoroughly the possible consequences in the financial sector of a Member State with strong agricultural production, which might, in the long term, influence the Union itself;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that no trade agreement for the sale of agricultural products that are produced on land which should be given back to local farmers to produce staple food for their communities and/or cause the relocation of agricultural production should be supported;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that EU producers are obliged to meet the highest standards in terms of quality, product hygiene, sustainable production methods, plant health, animal health and welfare, traceability, pesticide residue control, veterinary medicine and additives;

Amendment 96 #

Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Paul BRANNEN, Eric ANDRIEU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that compliance with European standards of food safety, human, plant and animal health, and consumer protection is a fundamental and essential principle of the negotiations for European agriculture;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. believes that particular attention should be given to the protection of small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises, both in negotiating agreements and in analysing the impact thereof;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Strongly believes that producers in third countries wishing to export to the EU must provide European consumers with the same guarantees in terms of health, food safety, animal welfare, sustainable development and minimum social standards as those required of EU producers; stresses that this is the only way to ensure that EU farmers compete with third countries on equal terms and stresses the need for tighter import controls at borders and more stringent Food and Veterinary Office inspections of production and marketing conditions in countries exporting to the EU in order to ensure compliance with Union rules;

Amendment 99 #