3 Amendments of Miguel VIEGAS related to 2017/9999(INI)
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that any trade agreement can only be built on a basis of mutual advantages without discrimination against any economic sector. In this sense, any solution based on a logic of trade liberalisation must be rejected from the outset;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that any trade agreement can only be built on a basis of mutual advantages without discrimination against any economic sector and must take into account the interest of all European producers and consumers by imposing quotas, safeguard clauses and effective measures to regulate markets in the most vulnerable sectors, including the possibility of suspending the agreements in the event of manifest damage to European producers. In this sense, any solution based on a logic of trade liberalisation must be rejected from the outset;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. AcknowledgRelativises the importance for the EU of an agreement with Australia which would reduce tariff barriers for some processed agricultural products, relax overly strict health checks and protect geographical indications effectively; whereas clear provisions safeguarding GIs should be a prerequisite for any agreement; reminds the Commission, however, that it would be unacceptable to sacrifice the interests of European agriculture and its sensitive sectors in order to secure an agreement and that it must take into account the interest of all European producers and consumers by imposing quotas, safeguard clauses and effective measures to regulate markets in the most vulnerable sectors, including the possibility of suspending the agreements in the event of manifest damage to European producers.