7 Amendments of Merja KYLLÖNEN related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas in its resolution of 23 May 2013 on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America1 , Parliament stressed the importance of several major transport issues, related especially to aviation and maritime, to be addressed and included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP); __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0227.
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Finds regrettable the fact that no transport-related issues were included in the Commission’s negotiating mandate for the TTIP;Asks the Commission to ensure that the negotiations are held in open and transparent manners.
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the great importance of the transatlantic transport sector for trade as well as economic growth and jobs; reiterates its call for the negotiations to address in a meaningful way and in the spirit of reciprocity all relevant issues, taking into account existing EU standards;, and to guarantee that European working conditions, level of environmental protection and human health and safety are not compromised.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that EU companies are hindered as regards market access for major transport infrastructure investments (such as railway projects) due to: (i) regulatory and standardisation barriers; and (ii) ‘Buy America’ provisions2 ; emphasises that this puts EU goods and services at a serious disadvantage; calls upon the Commission to address in the TTIP this protectionism by the US by pushing for the creation of a level playing field and establishing a new level of transparency in procurement with open and predictable procedural requirements. ; and also notes that the assessment of environmental and sosioeconomical impacts of the investments in transport infrastructure must meet the European and Member States standards. __________________ 2Buy America Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
Amendment 167 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström and with the European civil society 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. (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 3;)
Amendment 191 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls onUrges the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that would (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 4;)
Amendment 289 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of traDemands that this and similar negotiationsp arency in the negotiations conducted with absolute transparency, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones., as requested by the European Ombudsman on the consultation Transparency and Public Participation report of January 7th, 2015 __________________ http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/cases/c orrespondence.faces/es/58643/html.book mark. (Identical to Josu Juaristi Abaunz am 9)