Activities of Claudia ȚAPARDEL related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) RO
Amendments (8)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to keep in mind the importance of transport, tourism and delivery services for the European economy and employment given that European ship owners control 40% of the world’s merchant fleet, that the aviation industry supports over 5 million jobs and that the European rail industry accounts for over half of the worldwide production of rail equipment and services; and to recognize the impact of trade liberalisation in services on the tourism industry;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) to acknowledge the need for a more socially and environmentally sustainable and democratic approach to international trade agreements;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) to stress the importance of the protection of workers, consumers and the environment as well as of universal access to public services particularly in the transport and delivery sector in the EU and its partner countries; to bear in mind that those regulations are not an economic burden, but essential rights; to underline that foreign service providers have to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements and with minimum wages; to stress that the destination country principle has to apply, however, this is without prejudice to more favourable provisions in legislation or collective agreements in the sending country; to acknowledge that the quality of services is intrinsically linked to the quality of employment and the regulatory frameworks in place, including collective agreements, labour rights and social legislation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the negotiations address transport and tourism sectors in a meaningful way and in a spirit of reciprocity; to keep in mind negative liberalisation experiences and to ensure the policy space to respond to negative developments in the transport sector, in the postal and courier sector; to ensure that European, national and local authorities retain the full right to introduce, adopt, maintain, repeal or extend any measures with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public transport; to exclude public services including public transport services comprehensively and unequivocally from the scope of the agreement;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to promote negotiations on regulation that address issues such as transparency, deadlines, due process, non- discrimishow strong concerns in regard to the planned "enhanced regulatory disciplines" and domestic regulation provisions of the agreement; to reject the introduction of necessity tests for domestic regulation; in any case the agreement has to fully preserve the capacity of municipal, regional, national and redress, while continuing to require that foreign companies wishing to offer transport or delEuropean authorities to maintain, apply and extend regulations in the public interest such as high standards for the protection of labour, environmental and consumer interests as well as univerysal services within the European Union comply with existing regulatory standards obligations; to ensure that these standards cannot be deemed as unnecessary burdens to trade;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to address restrictions in the aviation sector regarding foreign ownership and control of airlines as well as cabotage rights imposed by certain countries; to pursue, as a long-term objective, binding international trade rules for the aviation sector and, in the event that important trade partners are reluctant to make substantial progress, to explore other options for ensuring that European carriers face fair competitive conditions;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vi a (new)
(via) to stress that the annex on maritime transport should set only minimum standards and that parties are encouraged to adopt higher standards at their respective regulatory discretion; to ensure consistency with international standards, such as those endorsed by the International Maritime Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and to oppose any lowering of these international benchmarks; to ensure the application of all respective ILO Standards like the Maritime Labour Convention and other Conventions relevant to logistics and transport;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) to promote increased access to third- country markets for delivery services while not jeopardising the existence of universal postal servicesarticularly stress the importance of the postal sector and the transport sector in view of the contribution they make to social, economic and territorial cohesion and to strengthen universal services.