10 Amendments of Geert BOURGEOIS related to 2023/2868(RSP)
Amendment 38 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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2. Urges all WTO members to commit to a successful outcome of MC13; believes that MC13 should be the starting point for advancing and modernising the WTO to ensure it can play a role in addressing the challenges of the 21st century, including issues such as climate change and sustainability; urges all WTO members to step up their efforts to focus on tangible outcomes that show that the WTO can address current challenges; welcomes the guidance given by the Senior Officials’ Meeting on 22 and 23 October 2023; asks WTO members, in particular, to conclude the second phase of the multilateral agreement on fisheries subsidies and adopt a comprehensive package on institutional reform, including a decision that would lead to a fully functioning dispute settlement system and a more enhanced role of the WTO Secretariat;
Amendment 38 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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2. Urges all WTO members to commit to a successful outcome of MC13; believes that MC13 should be the starting point for advancing and modernising the WTO to ensure it can play a role in addressing the challenges of the 21st century, including issues such as climate change and sustainability; urges all WTO members to step up their efforts to focus on tangible outcomes that show that the WTO can address current challenges; welcomes the guidance given by the Senior Officials’ Meeting on 22 and 23 October 2023; asks WTO members, in particular, to conclude the second phase of the multilateral agreement on fisheries subsidies and adopt a comprehensive package on institutional reform, including a decision that would lead to a fully functioning dispute settlement system and a more enhanced role of the WTO Secretariat;
Amendment 44 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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4. Welcomes the constructive engagement by all WTO members to restore a fully functioning dispute settlement system as swiftly as possible that tackles, amongst others, the excessive length and cost of procedures with their endless number of intervening parties; commends the work of the facilitator in steering the process that should lead to a consolidated draft text to be submitted to MC13; calls on members to reach an agreement on the dispute settlement system at MC13; recalls that a binding, two-tier and independent process should remain the core objective;
Amendment 44 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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4. Welcomes the constructive engagement by all WTO members to restore a fully functioning dispute settlement system as swiftly as possible that tackles, amongst others, the excessive length and cost of procedures with their endless number of intervening parties; commends the work of the facilitator in steering the process that should lead to a consolidated draft text to be submitted to MC13; calls on members to reach an agreement on the dispute settlement system at MC13; recalls that a binding, two-tier and independent process should remain the core objective;
Amendment 51 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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6. Stresses the need to mainstream the development dimension of the WTO, including through the WTO reform process and through making the special and differential treatment fit for purpose for the 21st century; welcomes, in this context, the decision already taken on the extension of support measures to assist least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status, in order to provide a smooth and sustainable transitional period for the withdrawal of trade preferences; reiterates its call that the special and differential treatment mechanism should be re-examined and revised in order to better reflect human development indices while protecting policy space for addressing unfair trade, and calls therefore on WTO members to revise the system; underlines, however, that self- assertion of development status as only criterion could lead to unfair trade;
Amendment 51 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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6. Stresses the need to mainstream the development dimension of the WTO, including through the WTO reform process and through making the special and differential treatment fit for purpose for the 21st century; welcomes, in this context, the decision already taken on the extension of support measures to assist least-developed countries (LDCs) on the path to graduation from LDC status, in order to provide a smooth and sustainable transitional period for the withdrawal of trade preferences; reiterates its call that the special and differential treatment mechanism should be re-examined and revised in order to better reflect human development indices while protecting policy space for addressing unfair trade, and calls therefore on WTO members to revise the system; underlines, however, that self- assertion of development status as only criterion could lead to unfair trade;
Amendment 70 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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9. Expects the WTO reform to create an easier path for open plurilateral agreements to be integrated into the multilateral architecture in order to ensure progress in areas not mature enough for the entire membership; invreiterates therefore ites call to WTO members to reflect on a way to develop a new system for enhanced cooperation such as is used in the European Union, with clear principles and a minimum of members that should participate in a plurilateral initiative, and on that basis establish a straightforward mechanism which allows the resulting agreements to be incorporated into the WTO structure;
Amendment 70 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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9. Expects the WTO reform to create an easier path for open plurilateral agreements to be integrated into the multilateral architecture in order to ensure progress in areas not mature enough for the entire membership; invreiterates therefore ites call to WTO members to reflect on a way to develop a new system for enhanced cooperation such as is used in the European Union, with clear principles and a minimum of members that should participate in a plurilateral initiative, and on that basis establish a straightforward mechanism which allows the resulting agreements to be incorporated into the WTO structure;
Amendment 79 #
Draft motion for a resolution
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11. Highlights the importance of regulating digital trade, as it currently accounts for 25 % of total trade, both at multilateral and plurilateral level; supports the efforts to find a fair and permanent solution formaking the WTO moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions related to the moratoriumpermanent; welcomes and supports the broad membership, ambitious negotiating agenda and progress made to date in the WTO plurilateral negotiations on e- commerce; highlights the importance of the free flow of electronic transmissions, which are fundamental to digital trade and reduce trading costs, increase consumer welfare as well as export competitiveness, and bring significant benefits, particularly to SMEs and developing countries; recalls its position that a potential agreement needs to guarantee market access for e- commerce-related goods and services in third countries, as well as the protection of consumer and labour rights, and facilitate business innovation; stresses that a potential agreement on e-commerce needs to comply with existing as well as future EU legislation related to data flows, data localisation and source code, and that it guarantees sufficient policy space to regulate the digital realm; calls on all partners to fully engage in and support efforts to conclude negotiations by MC13;
Amendment 79 #
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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11. Highlights the importance of regulating digital trade, as it currently accounts for 25 % of total trade, both at multilateral and plurilateral level; supports the efforts to find a fair and permanent solution formaking the WTO moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions related to the moratoriumpermanent; welcomes and supports the broad membership, ambitious negotiating agenda and progress made to date in the WTO plurilateral negotiations on e- commerce; highlights the importance of the free flow of electronic transmissions, which are fundamental to digital trade and reduce trading costs, increase consumer welfare as well as export competitiveness, and bring significant benefits, particularly to SMEs and developing countries; recalls its position that a potential agreement needs to guarantee market access for e- commerce-related goods and services in third countries, as well as the protection of consumer and labour rights, and facilitate business innovation; stresses that a potential agreement on e-commerce needs to comply with existing as well as future EU legislation related to data flows, data localisation and source code, and that it guarantees sufficient policy space to regulate the digital realm; calls on all partners to fully engage in and support efforts to conclude negotiations by MC13;