Activities of Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU related to 2019/0273(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules
Amendments (5)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In the face of blockage of dispute settlement and in the absence of a definitive judicial ruling, the Union will be unable to enforce international trade agreements. Therefore, it is appropriate to extend the scope of Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 to such situations.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) To this end, the Union should be able to expeditiously suspend obligations under international trade agreements, including regional or bilateral agreements, when effective recourse to a binding dispute settlement mechanism is not possible because the third country has rendered it impossible for the Union to do so, provided the Union has appropriately challenged those measures in front of the relevant dispute settlement body.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Given mounting tension in international trade and in the context of the crisis facing the WTO, the Union should be able to react swiftly in the event of unreasonable or discriminatory measures taken against it. The Union should be able to impose provisional measures in the event of a clear violation of trade obligations by a third country, which causes or threatens to cause serious injury to the Union's commercial interests or jeopardises its strategic autonomy.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point ba (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point ba (new)
Regulation (EU) No 654/2014
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(ba) the following point (da) is inserted: (da) In the event of the adoption by a third country of unreasonable or discriminatory measures, a clear violation of its trade obligations towards the Union, which could cause or threaten serious injury to the Union's commercial interests or jeopardise strategic autonomy, provided that the Union has appropriately challenged those measures in front of the relevant dispute settlement body.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 654/2014
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b b
(bb) where measures are taken to restrict the trade with a third country in situations under Article 3(aa), Article 3(bb), or Article 3(bb), (e) such measures shall be commensurate to the nullification or impairment of the Union’s commercial interests caused by the measures of that third country;