Activities of Fernando RUAS related to 2014/2252(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (A8-0301/2015 - Sajjad Karim) PT
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
Amendments (2)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need to determine how the principle of subsidiarity should apply when trade policies include provisions on investments different from the foreign direct ones covered by the EU's exclusive competence under the common commercial policy as stated in the Treaty; notes namely the most recent controversies regarding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and the UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty- based Investor-State Arbitration; calls for respect for the proportionality principle to be enforced when bilateral safeguard clauses are negotiated and applied;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with regret that the Commission's ex-ante impact assessments of envisaged far-reaching trade agreements often prove to be excessively optimistic and raise false hopes about their positive impact on EU citizens and businesses, in particular on SMEs; points out that the assessment of economic, social and environmental implications is carried out only after the launch of negotiations in the form of the so-called sustainability impact assessment; is convinced that these two assessment tools should be merged so as to assess the economic, social and environmental implications before launching trade negotiations, and cCalls on the Commission to carry out the sustainability impact assessments before the launch of trade agreements negotiations in a broader ex-ante impact assessment exercise to assess the economic, social and environmental impact on EU citizens and business, in particular SMEs; Calls on Parliament and the Commission to fully cooperate in this regard;