10 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A
Paragraph A
A. Stresses that EU trade and development policies are interlinked and that Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishes the principle of policy coherence for development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in polThe Committee on Development (a) calls on the Commission to take account of: - Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty, which sets out the parameters of development cooperation; - the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou, on 23 June 2000; - Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain states which are part of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements; - the negotiations that have been in progress since 2002 on the Economic Partnership Agreements with the ACP Group of States, subdivided into six regions: the Caribbean, Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, the Pacific Island States, the Southern African Development Community and West Africa; - Commission Regulation (EU) No 1063/2010 of 18 November 2010 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, and in particular Articiles that are likely to affect developing countries; 66 to 97 thereof, relating to the generalised system of preferences (GSP); - Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and the Everything But Arms initiative (EBA), - the WTO rules and the conclusions of the 2013 Bali Conference, which gave new momentum to the multilateral system to relaunch the Doha Round negotiations;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)
Paragraph A a (new)
Aa. Stresses that EU trade and development policies are interlinked and that Article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty establishes the principle of policy coherence for development, requiring that the objectives of development cooperation be taken into account in policies that are likely to affect developing countries;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A b (new)
Paragraph A b (new)
Ab. Urges that the TTIP should contribute to strengthening the acquis of the Cotonou Agreement, take account of the new guidelines to be defined for the post- 2020 framework and allow the parties to the Agreement to pursue their objectives, in particular the signing of the finalised Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), which are intended to establish a secure framework for flows of trade and investment between the EU and the ACP;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph A c (new)
Paragraph A c (new)
Ac. Points out that the EPAs offer the developing countries the conditions needed to experience the benefits of globalisation as soon as possible, that they make a substantial contribution to promoting regional integration in the ACP countries and that they serve both as a catalyst for growth and a mechanism for strengthening good governance and thus contribute to the sustainable development of the developing countries;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that trade policy is an essential part of the EU's external action and as such, must be formulated in a way that is in line with other foreign policies and policy instruments; encourages therefore a close interaction between relevant commissioners, Directorates General, the European External Action Service and the Member States;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph B a (new)
Paragraph B a (new)
Ba. Urges the Commission’s Directorate- General for Trade to establish a permanent dialogue with the Directorate- General for International Cooperation and Development, with a view to analysing the TTIP’s impact on the developing countries;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)
Paragraph C a (new)
Ca. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the TTIP does not have the effect of excluding the developing countries, that it does not undermine their ability to take part in all stages of the production, processing and marketing of products and that it will on the other hand enable them to boost their efforts to diversify;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that TTIP must not lower standards on important issues like consumer protection, labour rights or environment, but rather seek to achieve high common standards as a model for the world, as this would strengthen the EU's global economic position, while furthering our values;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph D a (new)
Paragraph D a (new)
Da. Urges the European Union to ensure that the ACP countries do not suffer preference erosion and trade diversion;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph F
Paragraph F
F. Sees, however, the potential of the TTIP to promote the highest global standards of this century on decent work, environmental protection, and food and product safety and encourages the European Union to stand ready to defend the developing countries’ interests.