8 Amendments of Isabella ADINOLFI related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for legal disputes affecting compliance with this agreement to be referred to the public courts at the place of the defendant's registered office, and for proceedings to be conducted in the defendant's language and governed by the laws in force in the defendant's country; underlines that the right of appeal must be safeguarded;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the drafts proposals from the Commission, such as the horizontal reservation for a wide range of public services, the exclusion of sensitive sectors from EU liberalisation commitments, and also member states' right to regulate how services have to be supplied, are not able to adequately protect public services, since in some member states, many social, health and education services which are of general interest are privately funded or supported by a hybrid of public and private funding';
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Regrets that the terminology concerning public services used in the different trade agreements currently being negotiated by the EU (CETA, TTIP and TiSA) is not consistent;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the introduction of an unequivocal 'gold standard' clause, which could be included in all trade agreements and would clarify that the public utilities clause applies to all modes of supply and to any services considered as public services by European, national or regional authorities;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement, in order to protect the right to create new public services in the future; calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Proposes that, instead of a "negative list" of spheres excluded from the agreement, a "positive list" of policy areas to be covered by the TiSA should be presented, in order to enhance transparency and accountability.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Considers, that in the Domestic Annex regulation, the concept of 'discriminating regulation' may reduce the scope of action of the National and Regional legislator and calls thus for a clear definition of the terms 'objective' and 'not more burdensome than necessary' when referred to the measures of general application affecting trade in services.
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the exclusion of the Domestic Regulation Annex from TiSa.