Activities of Giulia MOI related to 2014/2228(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU agricultural sector is a very sensitive and essential part of the TTIP negotiations and one in which the EU, which already enjoys a significant trade surplus with the US, stands to benefit greatly from new or increased market access opportunitierisks losing its prerogatives and specific features with regard to the protection of local products;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas respect for food safety and human and animal health standards willmust be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
a. prioritise an ambitious and balanced result of the negotiations for agriculture, the three main components of which (market access, geographical indications and, sanitary and phytosanitary measures) should and protection of animal welfare) must be tackled early and in parallel in the negotiation process, in order to give Parliament enough time to discuss and evaluate this chapter with stakeholders and Europepresenting a transparent offer concerning the agricultural products negotiated, thus giving Parliament enough time to discuss and evaluate what the priorities of EU farmers are in relation to the requirements of the EU internal market and citizensonsumer health;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit toguarantee the strict preservation of standards on food safety and human and animal health, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle and the ban on animal testing are not undermined;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. ensure a positive final outcome ofconclude the negotiations for agriculture reflecting boin in a way that is consistent with the offensive and defensive interests of the EU agricultural sector concerning the abolition or reduction of both tariff and non-tariff barriers, including in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures, so that EU producers make genuine gains whilst respecting the level of standards already established in Europe and the protection of European geographical indications, preventing terms of acchem from becoming generic namess to the US marketdetriment of specific local features and employment in rural areas;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
ca. ask the US to provide us with a traceability system for food products exported to Europe, especially with regard to meat and milk, and to prevent food from clones or their offspring from being imported; stresses, moreover, the need to comply with the EU rules already in force which prohibit the use of growth hormones and antibiotics in animals for slaughter and the use of animal feed from genetically modified organisms (GMOs);
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secure significantly improved protection of EU geographical indications and better consumer information as an essential element of a balanced agreement, takpreventing typical European products from adopting a generic name, alongside appropriate, transparent information for consumers, replicating the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good example;
Amendment 213 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
f. engage in a fully transparent, timely and comprehensive manner with all agricultural and animal husbandry stakeholders on all aspects of the negotiations.