2015/2932(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

Citation 11 a (new)

- having regard to the sensitive nature of certain agricultural sectors in these negotiations, such as the beef, dairy, sugar and cereals sectors,

Amendment 10 #

Recital H

H. whereas the EU concluded negotiations on the EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation (PARC) on 30 July 2014 and on the EU- Australia Framework Agreement (FA) on 22 April 2015; whereas a deepening of relations with Australia and New Zealand could be pursuit through the negotiation of preferential trade agreements;

Amendment 11 #

Franck PROUST

Recital J a (new)

Ja. whereas the collection and transmission, in the context of the Echelon network, of sensitive economic and commercial information by Australia and New Zealand to the detriment of European enterprises was, however, regrettable;

Amendment 12 #

Recital K

K. whereas the conclusion of ~~modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensiv~~trade agreements wcould provide the stimulus for a new level in economic relations;

Amendment 13 #

Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas the sensitive nature of certain sectors, and particularly the agricultural sector, must be duly taken into account in the future negotiations;

Amendment 14 #

Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the EU and the Asia- Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and stresses that this should be reflected in the European Union's trade policy;

Amendment 15 #

Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the importance of the Asia- Pacific region ~~for~~in economic ~~growth within Europe and stresses that this should be reflected in the European Un~~development and recommends that the European Union draws up a comprehensive trade policy for the entire area, in which trade relation's ~~trade policy~~with Australia and New Zealand are addressed;

Amendment 16 #

Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the importance of the Asia- Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and stresses that this should be reflected in the European Union's trade policy; recognises that Australia and New Zealand are a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade with these partners can help to meet this goal;

Amendment 17 #

Paragraph 1

1. Underlines the importance of the Asia- Pacific region for economic growth within Europe and ~~stress~~notes that this is~~hould be~~ reflected in the European Union's trade policy;

Amendment 18 #

Paragraph 2

2. Commends both Australia and New Zealand for their ~~strong and consistent~~continuous commitment to the multilateral trade agenda, while noting that both countries are engaged in regional trade initiatives which have the potential of leading to overlapping and contradictory trade regimes, such as TPP and RCEP;

Amendment 19 #

Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co-operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand while under no circumstances undermining or diverting resources and attention away from the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded agreements;

Amendment 2 #

Citation 11 b (new)

- having regard to the already significant number of agreements being negotiated between the EU and its main trading partners,

Amendment 20 #

Paragraph 3

3. Considers that ~~the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co- operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality~~a sub-regional bilateral trade strategy of the European Union by way of ambitious FTAs with ~~both~~ Australia and New Zealand ~~while under no circumstances undermining or~~, reaching deeply into regularly matters, would be unhelpful in the development of a regional strategy and would, moreover, divert~~ing~~ resources and attention away from the ~~ambition~~need to achieve progress multilaterally;

Amendment 21 #

Paragraph 3

Amendment 22 #

Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the full potential of the Union's bilateral and regional co-operation strategies may only be realised by concluding high-quality FTAs with both Australia and New Zealand in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit while under no circumstances undermining or diverting resources and attention away from the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally;

Amendment 23 #

Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTAs with Australia and New Zealand is a logical step in deepening the bilateral partnerships, further reinforcing already mature existing bilateral trade and investment relationships, and would help mitigate the diversionary effects of the recently concluded TPP;deleted

Amendment 24 #

Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTAs with Australia and New Zealand ~~is a logical step in deepening the bilateral partnerships, further~~going beyond mere tariff elimination is a contra-productive step in reinforcing the already mature existing bilateral trade and investment relationships, ~~and would help mitigate the diversionary effects of the recently concluded TPP~~because it would either add another layer of diverging trade rules for our partners or induce them to insist on rules developed in the framework of the TPP or the RCEP; warns to prioritize short-sighted effects of these bilateral FTAs, such as to help mitigate the diversionary effects of the recently concluded TPP, above the greater good of developing a comprehensive Union trade strategy in the East Asian region;

Amendment 25 #

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI

Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTAs with Australia and New Zealand is a logical step in deepening the bilateral partnerships, further reinforcing already mature existing bilateral trade and investment relationships, and would h~~elp~~ave mitigate the potential diversionary effects of the ~~recently concluded~~ TPP;

Amendment 26 #

Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of modern, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTAs with Australia and New Zealand is a ~~logical step in~~pragmatic way of deepening the bilateral partnerships, further reinforcing already mature existing bilateral trade and investment relationships, and would help mitigate the diversionary effects of the recently concluded TPP;

Amendment 27 #

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that Australia and New Zealand each present specific economic and trade characteristics and challenges and that in view of this, the negotiations with each of them should be conducted separately;

Amendment 28 #

Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the European Union to adapt its trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand to the specific features of the economies of these two countries;

Amendment 29 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to study in depth anyll avenues for additional market access opportunities for European economic operators offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand during the scoping ~~exercise and to weigh these against any possible defensive interests, also considering that both Australia and New Zealand have already comparatively open markets~~;

Amendment 3 #

Recital B

B. whereas the EU, Australia and New Zealand work together in tackling common challenges across a broad spectrum of issues and co-operate in a number of international fora~~, including the G20 framework~~;

Amendment 30 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to study in depth any additional market access opportunities for European economic operators, especially SMEs, offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand during the scoping exercise and to weigh these against any possible defensive interests, also considering that both Australia and New Zealand have already comparatively open markets;

Amendment 31 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to ~~study in depth any~~carefully weigh the effects of additional market access opportunities for European ~~econom~~industry and service operators offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand ~~during the scoping exercise and to weigh these against any possible defensive interests, also consider~~, considering that both countries have already comparatively open markets, against the defensive interests of European agricultural producers, especially ing th~~at bot~~e milk, meat and sugar sectors, in which Australian and New Zealand ~~have already comparatively~~ producers have comparative advantages that European producers will be unable to mitigate without further eroding the multifunctional character of European ~~markets;~~ agriculture;

Amendment 32 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to study in depth any additional market access opportunities for European economic operators offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand during the scoping exercise and to weigh these against ~~any possible~~ defensive interests, also considering that both Australia and New Zealand have already ~~comparatively open markets~~very low tariffs in international comparison;

Amendment 33 #

Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission to study in depth any additional market access opportunities for European economic operators offered by the possible FTAs with Australia and New Zealand during the scoping exercise and to weigh these against any possible defensive interests, ~~also considering that both Australia and New Zealand have already comparatively open market~~paying particular attention to the agricultural sector, especially as regards beef and products made from beef, dairy products, sugar and cereals;

Amendment 34 #

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment and investment protection, trade in goods and services ~~(drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage)~~, e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti-corruption, and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without substantially or significantly lowering ~~any~~ consumer, environmental or, social ~~and~~or labour protection;

Amendment 35 #

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent ~~practice~~European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and se~~ctor coverage~~nsitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti- corruption, and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, environmental or social and labour protection;

Amendment 36 #

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage), e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti-corruption~~, and the needs of SMEs~~ and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, environmental or social and labour protection;

Amendment 37 #

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must ~~address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods~~liberalize investment, trade in goods (with appropriate quotas for the most sensitive products and transitional periods for tariff reduction) and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage) and address regulatory issues and rules such as sanitary and phytosanitary measures , e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti- corruption, and the needs of SMEs ~~and can benefit governance of the~~. It also needs to contribute to global economyic governance by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, food safety, animal health and welfare, plant health, environmental or social and labour protection;

Amendment 38 #

Paragraph 6

6. ~~Underl~~Remaines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage), e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterpunconvinced that FTAs with two second-tier countrises~~, competition, anti-corruption, and the needs of SMEs and~~ in East Asia can benefit governance of the global economy by inducing at the wider regional level intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards ~~without lowering any~~; reiterates its demand for a comprehensive regional strategy of the EU in East Asia, defending and increasing consumer, environmental or, social and labour protection by making use of the attractiveness and size of the EU as a consumer market;

Amendment 39 #

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, and trade in goods and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage), and take into account sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, intellectual property, including geographical indications, sustainable development, e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti- corruption, and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, environmental or social and labour protection;

Amendment 4 #

Recital E

E. whereas Australia and New Zealand are both parties to the recently concluded negotiations for a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the on-going negotiations on a Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in East Asia, uniting Australia's and New Zealand's most important trading partners;

Amendment 40 #

Davor Ivo STIER

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that ambitious agreements between the three advanced economies must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent practice as regards reservations of policy space and sector coverage), e-commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, anti-corruption, technology research and the needs of SMEs and can benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards without lowering any consumer, environmental or social and labour protection;

Amendment 41 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Envisages the outcome of the negotiations to act as a template for a new generation of free trade agreements, stressing the importance to further raising ambitions and to deepen the liberalisation, pushing the boundaries for what a modern FTA entails, considering the highly developed economies and regulatory environments in both New Zealand and Australia;

Amendment 42 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasizes that the possible agreements should fully take into account, in a separate chapter, the needs and interests of SMEs related to the market access facilitation issues in order to generate concrete business opportunities;

Amendment 43 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Considers that the European Union must give itself the legal means to negotiate with due care the opening and closing of its public procurement markets in the framework of trade talks with partner countries, and considers that putting in place a European instrument for reciprocity in public procurement markets is necessary in this regard;

Amendment 44 #

Paragraph 7

Amendment 45 #

Paragraph 7

7. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and ~~the four ILO priority governance conventions and~~ multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;

Amendment 46 #

Paragraph 7

7. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement; the agreement should also include the establishment of a joint civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation and the parties' respect for their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection;

Amendment 47 #

Paragraph 7

7. Considers a ~~robust and ambitious~~ sustainable development chapter, covering among others core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;

Amendment 48 #

Paragraph 7

7. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards ~~and the four ILO priority governance~~, such as ILO principles and conventions, and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;

Amendment 49 #

Nadine MORANO

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to European producers;

Amendment 5 #

Recital F

~~F. whereas Australia and New Zealand remain two out of six WTO members having no preferential access to the EU market or a negotiation to that end;~~deleted

Amendment 50 #

Paragraph 8

8. ~~Notes that a balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; c~~Calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;

Amendment 51 #

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a balanced outcome in ~~agriculture chapters~~the final agreement that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls for the inclusion of effective ~~bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause,~~measures to prevent serious injury to ~~producers~~EU industry;

Amendment 52 #

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that only a balanced outcome in agriculture ~~chapter~~and fisheries that takes sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and ~~will~~ be beneficial to both consumers and producers in the European Union; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;

Amendment 53 #

Younous OMARJEE

Paragraph 8

Amendment 54 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Maurice PONGA, Gabriel MATO

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes the interests of European producers, particularly those in the outermost regions, and sensitivities duly into account can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls on the Commission to exclude the most sensitive sectors from the negotiations or to foresee transitional periods and appropriate quotas; calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;

Amendment 55 #

Paragraph 8

Amendment 56 #

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that a ~~balanced outcome in agriculture chapters that takes sensitivities duly in~~griculture is a very sensitive sector a~~ccount can boost competitiveness and will be beneficial to both consumers~~ nd that the lower milk production costs in Australia and New Zealand threaten to cause serious injury to Europeand producers; calls for the inexclusion of ~~effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers~~dairy products from the agreement;

Amendment 57 #

Paragraph 8

8. Notes that ~~a balanced outcome in~~even if the agriculture chapters contain balanced provisions that takes sensitivities duly into account cand even if they boost competitiveness ~~and will be beneficial to both consumers and producers; calls for t~~, the outcome cannot be favourable to the agricultural interests of the Union, particularly in sectors such as beef, dairy, sugar or cereals; calls for effective protection to be guaranteed for these sectors by using all possible means, such as the exclusion of certain products from the negotiations or the introduction of customs quotas. The inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures tocould prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to producers;

Amendment 58 #

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any agreement is in alignment with the EU's previous commitments, allowing for the full functioning of the digital ecosystem, and promoting the cross- border data flows processed for legitimate purposes; to ensure that the agreements prohibit any requirements on ICT service suppliers to use local infrastructure, or establish a local presence, as a condition of supplying services;

Amendment 59 #

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of strong and enforceable provisions covering the protection of intellectual property rights ~~and geographical indications (GIs)~~;

Amendment 6 #

Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas Australia and New Zealand are two countries fully characterised by the rule of law and that currently offer strong protection for the environment as well as strong protection for human, social and labour rights;

Amendment 60 #

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of strong and enforceable provisions covering the protection of intellectual property rights ~~and~~, such as geographical indications (GIs);

Amendment 61 #

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses th~~e importance of~~at the negotiations must result in strong and enforceable provisions covering the protection of intellectual property rights and geographical indications (GIs);

Amendment 62 #

Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of strong and enforceable provisions covering the recognition and protection of intellectual property rights and geographical indications (GIs);

Amendment 63 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Considers a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter, covering core labour standards and the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements an indispensable part of any potential free trade agreement;

Amendment 64 #

Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to conduct as soon as possible comprehensive sustainability impact assessments of the potential agreements to be able to thoroughly evaluate possible gains in enhancing the EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand trade and investment relationships to the benefit of the population and businesses on both sides;

Amendment 65 #

Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission to conduct as soon as possible comprehensive sustainability impact assessments of the potential agreements to be able to thoroughly evaluate ~~possible gains in enhancing the EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand trade and investment relationships to the benefit of the population on both sides~~their social consequences on different productive sectors in the different Member States, and their environmental impact;

Amendment 66 #

Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Ccommission to conduct as soon as possible comprehensive ~~sustainability~~ impact assessments of the potential agreements ~~to be able to thoroughly evaluate possible gains in~~with a view to evaluating the gains resulting from enhancing the EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand trade and investment relationships to the benefit of the population on both sides;

Amendment 67 #

Paragraph 10

Amendment 68 #

Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to condition the launch of negotiations with Australia and New Zealand with all parties committing at the outset to conduct negotiations in the most transparent way ~~possible~~, fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations and via constant dialogues with social partners and civil society; claims to include the aspired level of ambition in this regard in the scoping exercise;

Amendment 69 #

Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to condition the launch of negotiations with Australia and New Zealand with all parties committing at the outset to conduct negotiations in ~~the most~~a transparent way ~~possible~~, fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations;

Amendment 7 #

Recital G

~~G. whereas further deepening of trade and investment relationship requires considering the conclusion of the EU- Australia and the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements;~~deleted

Amendment 70 #

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Maurice PONGA, Marielle DE SARNEZ, Gabriel MATO

Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to take account of the interests of the overseas countries and territories in the region during the negotiations on these free trade agreements;

Amendment 8 #

Recital G

G. whereas ~~further deepening of trade and investment relationship requires considering~~ the conclusion of the EU- Australia and the EU-New Zealand free trade agreements will deepen the trade and investment relationship with these countries;

Amendment 9 #