8 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the TTIP is above all about regulation10 , about reducing or eliminating non-tariff barriers11 , and as such about the level of protection of human health, food safety and the environment; __________________ 10See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014. http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2014/ d ecember/tradoc_152942.pdf 11 See 2014 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade by the US Trade Representative, p. 45.
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to 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 are not underminguaranteed;
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is very concerned that the objective of regulatory convergence, including in particular the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, willcould lead to a lowering of future EU standards in key areas for the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the US; (The rather ambiguous ‘will’, i.e. ‘shall’ (or ‘kan’ in the Dutch version) is too categoric, thus ‘could’ (‘zou kunnen’). This is a concern, not the acknowledgement of a causal link.)
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those productsectors for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive pressure, such as the pig, poultry and cattle sector, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU diverge from those in the US, in order to prevent full liberalisation of sensitive sectors;
Amendment 182 #
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, taking the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good example;
Amendment 200 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– involve regulation of the use of chemicals and pesticides; within the European Union; (To clarify the somewhat ambiguous original formulation. The European Union should have as little right to undermine the sovereignty of the United States within its territory as the US does within the EU. The Commission has already guaranteed that existing EU standards on human health, food safety and the environment will not be lowered (cf. above). TTIP relates to the trade in goods and services, not to the involvement in the internal policy of the negotiating partner.)
Amendment 290 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and so far, and therefore urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to theall negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones., on condition of strict confidentiality if publication of this or any negotiating position of the European Commission would damage the European negotiating position.. (Access to all texts is requested even more unambiguously, with a requirement of strict confidentiality, if necessary, to safeguard the general European negotiating interest.)