46 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2017/2193(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission´s study of 15 November 2016 on the Cumulative Economic Impact of future trade agreements on EU agriculture;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that an ambitious, balanced and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) which free trade agreement (FTA) with New Zealand – even if it were to respects vulnerable sectors of European agriculture, such as dairy andproducts, sheep and goat meat, can be of mutual benefit, offering opportunities for European producers and advancing the EU’s position as a key player on the global marketbeef and veal – would bring relatively few opportunities in terms of prospects for European agriculture, given the imbalance between a market of 500 million consumers in Europe and one of 4.5 million consumers in New Zealand;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. given the cumulative impact of the trade concessions already granted by the EU in the farming sector, both in the multilateral framework and in the bilateral framework, as well as those which could soon be granted under other free trade agreements currently being negotiated;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the tariff quotas that could be granted to New Zealand would apply, after Brexit, to a smaller EU market, which is bound to have an economic impact, particularly in sectors for which the United Kingdom accounted for a significant share of consumption and/or imports;whereas the EU should take careful account of this when gauging its offer;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Warns against the danger of a serious imbalance in the agricultural provisions of the agreement, to the detriment of the EU, and against the temptation once again to use agriculture as a bargaining chip to secure increased access to the New Zealand market for industrial products and services;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the conclusion of the EU- New Zealand free trade agreement will deepen the trade and investment relationship and whereas it could not be contemplated if the agreement adversely affected the ability of the parties to introduce, maintain or enhance their social, environmental or labour standards;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. Whereas following the EU-New Zealand draft negotiating mandate, investment protection is not included;whereas an ad hoc investment protection mechanism is unnecessary between partners with highly developed judicial systems;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
H b. whereas, the Belgian national government has on the 6 September 2017 requested the European Court of Justice to review if ICS is compatible with EU treaties;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
H c. whereas following the EU-New Zealand draft negotiating mandate investment-protection is not included;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)
Recital H d (new)
H d. whereas the European Parliament will be required to decide whether to give its consent to the potential EU-New Zealand-FTA;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which directincreased competition would exposehave an adverse impact on EU agricultural producers; to excessive or unsustainable pressure, for instance by introducing transitional periods or appropriate quotas, or by not making any commitments in the most sensitive sectorakes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitment concerning the most sensitive agricultural products, such as dairy products, sheep and goat meat, and beef and veal, and therefore exclude them from the negotiations; calls on the Commission to factor in respect for seasonal cycles of production in Europe, particularly for the lamb sector;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to maintain a harmonised negotiating approach, balanced with the one adopted during the concomitant negotiations with Australia, while taking due account of the specific factors differentiating the two markets;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Warns against the danger of a serious imbalance in the agricultural provisions of the agreement, to the detriment of the EU, and against the temptation to use agriculture as a bargaining chip to secure increased access to the New Zealand market for industrial products and services;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible, its assessments of the potential impact of such a trade deal, with a view to being able to evaluate thoroughly evaluathe possible gains and losses from the enhancement of the EU- New Zealand trade and investment relationships, for the benefit of citizens and businesses on both sides, including in the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories, and paying special attention to environmental and social impacts, including the EU labour market and to take into account the impact Brexit might have on the increase of exportations from New Zealand to the EU;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the importance of recognition ofsing the geographical indications (GIs) system as a key component of European interests, and highlights the fact that the issue of GIs must be treated as an essential precondition for any agreement;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to duly take into account and to respect the opinion of the European Court of Justice about the compatibility of ICS with EU treaties;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that New Zealand has a very competitive and strongly export-orientated agricultural sector which is unique in its exposure to international markets owing to a low level of agricultural support; notes the dominance of the dairy and sheep and goat sectors in particular; points out that where livestock farming is concerned, New Zealand has the lowest production costs in the world, as a result of its exceptional climate; points out that New Zealand exports 90% of the milk and sheep meat it produces, making it the world’s largest exporter in those sectors, accounting for 35% of international trade in milk, and 75% for lamb, by volume; points out that access to the vast EU market will therefore undoubtedly be a priority for New Zealand;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Council to authorise the Commission to start negotiations for a trade and investment agreement and an investment protection agreement with New Zealand on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercise, the conditions set out in this resolution, the impact assessment and with clear targets;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes the Commission's step to publish the proposed negotiating directive and considers this a positive precedent;urges the Council to follow suit and publish the negotiating directive as soon as it is adopted;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the Council to clearly distinguish between an agreement on trade and the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI),to make as soon as possible a proposal about the future architecture of trade agreements taking into account the ECJ opinion on the FTA-Singapore and if there will be in future a distinction between a trade and investment agreement which only containings issues under EUthe Union´s exclusive competence, and a second agreement on investment protecwhich covers subjects whose competences are shared with Member States; stresses that such distinction would have implication,s including on FDI and non-direct investment, which would be subject to an Investment Court System the parliamentary ratification process and that it should not be perceived as a way to circumvent national democratic processes; calls for stronger EP involvement in all ongoing and future FTA negotiations at all stages of the process;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that several sensitive European agricultural sectors have experienced the negative impact of the ongoing Russian embargo and extreme price volatility andbeen hit hard by the ongoing Russian embargo and by market crises linked to extreme price volatility; takes the view that a further opening-up of the market in those sectors could cause serious problems for them and have disastrous consequences for European producers; stresses that the final outcome must give due consideration to the interests of all European producers;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possible and fully respect best practice as established in oin full transparency, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society; calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the negotiating mandate and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiations; requests thatng mandate; calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible its, a detailed impact assessment of thea potential impact of an EU-New Zealand FTA by sector and by country, including the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories, in order to be able to evaluate completely the possible gains and losses of such a trade deal for European producers; calls on the Commission to include therein the consequences of the UK’s exit from the EU, in particular as regards existing quotas;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations asin full transparently as possible and fully respect best practice as established in ocy, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiations; requests thatng mandate; Calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that an FTA must lead to genuine market openness and trade facilitation on the groundimproved market access, creating decent jobs, gender equality for the benefit of citizens on both sides, sustainable development, upholding EU standards, safeguarding services of general interest, and respecting democratic procedures whilst boosting EU export opportunities;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, high quality sanitary and phyto- sanitary standards and other norms in agricultural and food products, without weakening EU´s high standards; robust and enforceable commitments on labour and environmental standards, the fight against tax avoidance and corruption, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research and, especially, the need of micro-enterprises and SMEs;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Council to recognise explicitly the other Party's obligations towards indigenous peoples in the negotiating directives and to allow for reservations for domestic preference schemes in this regard;the Agreement should reaffirm both Parties' commitment to ILO Convention 169 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Points out that, following Brexit, all tariff quotas which might be granted to New Zealand will apply to a smaller EU market of 27 Member States and 443 million consumers; points out that there will be a knock-on effect on the economic impact of such quotas, particularly in the sectors in which the UK accounts for a large proportion of consumption and/or imports; points out that from now on the EU will have to take careful account of Brexit when deciding what concessions it can offer;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement however should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering in this respect that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised public services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funo address unnecessary barriers, while applying a positive list schedule to both market access and national treatment commitments; to consider that commitments should be taken building ofn the arts and culture, education, and health and social servicesGeneral Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)
a a) to ensure and explicitly foresee that this agreement does not prevent the parties’ ability to define, regulate, provide and support services of general interest, that it will by no means require governments to privatise any service nor preclude governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public, and that it will not prevent governments from providing services of general interest previously supplied by private service suppliers or from bringing back under public control services that governments have previously chosen to privatise;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)
a b) to ensure that the right and the ability of the parties to adopt and apply their own laws and regulations in the public interest is enshrined throughout the entire text in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, public education, safety, the environment, public morals, social or consumer protection, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversity;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)
a c) in as far as the Agreement may include a domestic regulation chapter calls on the negotiatiors not to include any necessity tests;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b
Paragraph 14 – point b
b) The reduction of unjustified non- tariff barriers and the strengthening and extension of regulatory cooperation dialogues with binding disciplines to improve respect for intbut to ensure that any cooperation on regulatory matters remains voluntary, respects the autonomy of regulatory authorities, must be purely based on enhanced information exchange and administrative cooperation with a view to identifying unnecessary barriers and administrative burdens; to recall that regulatory coopernational standards and regulatory harmonisation, in particular through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) must aim to benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards for example through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) while guaranteeing the highest level of consumer (e.g. food safety), environmental (e.g. animal health and welfare, plant health), social and labour protection;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
c) Significant concessions on public procurement guaranteeing market access for European companies in strategic sectors and the same degree of openness as that of the EU’s public procurement markets; to consider that simplified procedures and transparency for bidders, including those from other countries, can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration while providing value for money to taxpayers, in terms of the quality of delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability; to guarantee that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, are applied in awarding public procurement markecontracts;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d
Paragraph 14 – point d
d) A separate chapter taking into account the needs and interests of micro- enterprises and SMEs with regard to market access facilitation issues in order to generate concrete business opportunities;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
d a) relating to the ECJ-opinion on the FTA-Singapore that trade and sustainable development is an EU-exclusive competence and that sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy of the EU a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter with a sanction- based mechanism, covering, among other things, core labour standards, the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements, is an indispensable part of any potential trade agreement;considers that the agreement should also include the establishment of a joint civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation and how the parties respect their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)
d b) to include in the negotiating directives the requirement for the parties to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) via binding standards, including with regard to internationally recognised instruments, and the uptake of sectorial OECD guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d c (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d c (new)
d c) to ensure that the parties include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women’s empowerment, foreseeing active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by the FTA;to provide for measures aimed at, inter alia, a better work-family life balance and access to social and health services;to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement;to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in Mode 4 opportunities;to ensure, inter alia, that the parties commit to collecting disaggregated data allowing for thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the impact of the FTA on gender equality;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e
Paragraph 14 – point e
e) Comprehensive provisions on investment taking into account recent policy developments, as for example the Opinion of the European Court of Justice of 16 May 2017if investment protection is included in a separate agreement, the recourse to national and European competent courts should be exhausted first; if a public investment court system (ICS) is created it should have an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct enforceable by the President of the International Court of Justice and sanctions in case of non-compliance, address investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, preserve the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to micro-enterprises and SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability and the possibility for other actors to use the system if their rights are infringed by investors;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectorsrespecting that there are a number of sensitive agricultural products which should be given appropriate treatment, for example through tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) or allocated adequate transition periods, taking into proper consideration the cumulated impact of the agricultural concessions made by the EU both in multilateral and bilateral agreements and other ongoing FTA negotiations and excluding from the scope of the negotiations the most sensitive sectors; to include a usable and effective bilateral safeguard clause enabling the temporary suspension of preferences, if, as a result of the entry into force of the trade agreement, a rise in imports causes or threatens to cause serious injuries to sensitive sectors; points out that the potential impact of Brexit, developments in the withdrawal negotiations and at the WTO regarding the existing TRQs should be factored in to the negotiations; therefore Brexit has to be taken duly into account; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
(g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectothat must take due account of sensitive agricultural products for which greater market openness would be detrimental, and exclude from negotiations the most sensitive sectors such as dairy products, beef, veal, goatmeat and sheepmeat and special sugars; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
g a) the inclusion of a tax good governance clause and binding transparency standards that reaffirm the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation (such as the initiative on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), and that includes obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g b (new)
g b) to increase cooperation in the fight against corruption and therefore include commitments to multilateral Anti- Corruption Conventions, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g d (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g d (new)
g d) to incorporate robust provisions on animal welfare issues such as housing, transport and slaughter and to promote continued cooperation and exchanges on animal welfare through the FTA;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that Parliament will be asked to give its consent to the future agreement, as stipulated by the TFEU, and that its positions should therefore be duly taken into account at all stages; Calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the Agreement before its provisional application.
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls that the European Parliament will endeavour to monitor the implementation of the future agreement;