Activities of Phil PRENDERGAST related to 2011/2115(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on trade and investment barriers
Amendments (9)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to continue implementation of the European external market access strategy with a view to removing non-tariff trade barriers and to improving legal security for all economic operators;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the proposal contained in the Single Market Act aiming to promote regulatory convergence and the wider adoption of international standards; hopes that the structured regulatory dialogues established in this field with some of its partners in particular in the areas of consumer and environmental protection, health and labour standards as well as animal welfare; hopes that the structured regulatory dialogues established in this field with some of its partners, such as the Transatlantic Economic Council with the US, the High Level Economic and Trade Dialogue with China or the High Level Group with Japan, will produce practical results as regards the mutual recognition, convergence and development of rules and standards and that such dialogues will be put in place with other trading partners;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the proliferation of bilateral and regional trade agreements contributes to rendering international trade relations more cumbersome, costly and unpredictable for economic operators; calls on the Council and the Commission to strengthen the multilateral trade regime, especially with regard to the advancement of the WTO Doha round;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines the added difficulties faced by SMEs when tackling foreign regulations and non-tariff barriers, notably the legal and administrative burdens associated with Trade Defence Instrument procedures;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to hasten the simplification and adaptation of TDI procedures to the needs and accounting systems of SMEs and the establishment of adequate support measures for SMEs affected by proceedings initiated by third countries;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of developing trade relations between the European Union and China; calls, however, on the Commission to maintain a strong stance in negotiations with China on its particisecuring balanced agreements on access to government procurement markets with the EU's trading partners; underlines the need to demand reciprocity of developed countries which are partion ines to the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), in order to secure the equal opening of Chinese procurement procedures and equal treatment of European businessesin future reviews thereof;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Urges the Commission to ensure third party compliance with the Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement when setting standards and to devise strategies to incentivise fair and equitable standard- setting in those sensitive areas where derogations apply;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Underscores the untapped benefits of further transatlantic market integration and endeavours to strengthen upstream regulatory cooperation with the United States Congress, in the framework of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue, so as to prevent unintended trade barriers; stresses the potential of combined transatlantic strategies to shape labour, health, safety and environmental standards and international regulatory regimes in areas such as consumer rights and intellectual property rights;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen policy coordination with the United States in order to ensure sustainable access to raw materials, notably rare earths, ICT network interoperability and the facilitation of SMEs' access to the transatlantic markets.