8 Amendments of György HÖLVÉNYI related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ensure, via a general clause in the agreement, in full compliance with the GATS and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, that the parties to the agreement reserve the right to adopt or maintain any measure (in particular of a regulatory and/or financial nature) with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, media pluralism and media freedom, and to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) reaffirm that audiovisual services should remain excluded from the scope of TTIP commitments on services and establishment, ensure the right to preserve or develop, in accordance with the principle of technological neutrality, a regime for audiovisual services in line with democratic, social and cultural requirements;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ensure with a general clause the right to adopt or maintain any measure with regard to the provision of all educational services which receive public funding or state support in any form and ensure that privately funded foreign providers meet the sameare subject to the same recognition, operation, quality and accreditation requirements as domestic providers;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) refrain from introducing the ISDS system in the agreement, bearing in mind that the parties to the agreement have fully developed legal systemjurisdictional system is sufficiently mature and stable both in the EU and the US so any disputes between foreign investors and host states cand proced be appropriately settled in national courets.
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.there should not be a trade-off between the economic goals and the people's health, safety and the environment; agrees further with the Commissioner that where Europe and the United States have very different rules, there will be no agreement, such as GMOs, the use of hormone in bovine sector, REACH and Cloning; __________________
Amendment 259 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is opposed to the inclusion of ISDS in the TTIP, as ISDS risks fundamentally undermining the sovereign rights of the EU, its Member States and regional and local authorities to adopt regulations on public health, food safety and the environment. The jurisdictional system is sufficiently mature and stable both in the EU and the US so any disputes between foreign investors and host states can be appropriately settled in national courts;
Amendment 267 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the TTIP will be without prejudice to the right of the EU and Member States to adopt and enforce, in accordance with their respective competence, measures necessary to pursue legitimate public policy objectives such as social, environmental, public health and safety in a non-discriminatory manner.