9 Amendments of Evelyne GEBHARDT related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
i. to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations, in particular by allowing access to documenensuring free access to text proposals, negotiation reports and consolidated negotiation results, and by submitting regular reports to the competent committees of the European Parliament and organising a consultation with Parliament and civil society;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii a (new)
iia. demands that the main outcome of the negotiations be an agreement which protects, respects and enforces the European model of the social market economy as provided for by the EU Treaties, leading to a significant improvement for citizens, consumers and employees, and bringing with it a market opening for EU companies, particularly SMEs;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii
iii. to ensure that the TiSA provides reciprocal access, notwithstanding the right of countries to adopt regulations which are duly justified on public policy grounds; points out, with regard to market access, that in the long term the TiSA must be transferred to the World Trade Organisation framework, and that in this context it must also safeguard and accomplish the fair and sustainable integration of developing countries into global value chains in services;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii a (new)
iiia. the primacy of political decision- making within the European Union must on no account be called into question, whereby the European Union‘s particular, multilevel institutional structure must be respected; furthermore, this must not be achieved through so- called ‘ratchet’ or ‘standstill’ clauses, which pose the risk that it may not be possible subsequently to reverse liberalisation measures;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i
i. to ensure that the negotiations maintain and strengthen the fundamental role played by public services and services of general interest in the European Union and the particular culture of those services, which provide an essential safety net for citizens and contribute to social cohesion, growth and employment;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
i. to ensure that a positive list of services ready to be placed on the market is presented by the Union in order to protect those services not explicitly referred to from being opened up to competition; under no circumstances should this list include public services – this applies in particular to services of general economic interest such as water, energy, transport and the post office;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
ii. to ensure that the negotiations comply withgiven the legislation on public procurement in the EU which came into force in 2016 and possible reciprocal open market access for public procurement, calls for the achievements of the new directives on public procurement and concessions, in particular as regards the definition of public-public cooperto be put into practice; points out that the fundamental principles for public in- house consultations, public-public cooperation and public-private partnership management systems should always be clearly defined and exempted from the Public Procurement Directive, in both the general economy and public utilities (water, energy, transport and the post office); also points out that the MEAT criteria applied in the legislation, exclusions and SME accessnable social, labour-law, quality and environmental points to be used as award criteria in public procurement procedures and are therefore particularly significant and should take priority over decision- making based purely on cost;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv
iv. to ensure that transparent and effective measures are put in place to protect consumers against fraudulent online commercial practices; in particular by involving European consumer protection organisations in the negotiations in order to achieve the best possible levels of consumer protection;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv a (new)
iva. Calls for strict compliance with the Services Directive in the provision of services and calls in this context for Article 16 to be heeded and implemented, as only on this basis are comprehensive consumer, employee and environmental protection and security of implementation for providers possible;