Activities of Amjad BASHIR related to 2015/2233(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the significant role that the service sector plays in the EU economy, making up for 70% of economic activity and providing 90% of new jobs; recognises at the same time that 90% of global growth is occurring outside the EU and underlines, therefore, the crucial importance of securing new market access opportunities for EU employers and securing fair, non-discriminatory and equitable treatment for EU service providers;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of ensuring that the agreement delivers on its potential to boost job creation in the EU, by ensuring that established standards are reinforced and improved with a view to establishing them more at the multilateral level;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to complete the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement which will deliver considerable job opportunities for the EU; recognises that while the Commission cannot unilaterally set global standards, calls for ILO labour standards to be respected and promoted in order to ensure that existing standards are safeguarded;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers thatHighlights the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for services of general interest to be excluded fromconsiders that the need to maintain the freedom of the Member States to regulate at all levels and to provide, commission and fund public services in accordance with the Treaties should be reflected within theis agreement, irrespective of whether they as already provided privately or publiclyfor with other EU FTAs;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermore that the EU- wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreementit important to ensure that TiSA will not prevent the EU and the Member States from safeguarding existing employment standards including for example the agreed standards on the posting of workers;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expects that the particular obstacles faced by SMEs are taken into account specially because they are the biggest jobs creator;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls foron the immediate publication of all documents relevant to TiSA, and urges that the European social partners be permitted to participate transparently in the negotiating process.Commission to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations including by allowing access, where appropriate, to relevant texts, as well as organising consultation with the Parliament, citizens, businesses and other relevant stakeholders;