19 Amendments of Françoise GROSSETÊTE related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the TTIP is above all about regulation10 , aboutaims to reducinge or eliminatinge non-tariff barriers11 , and as such abouttherefore has an effect on the level of protection of human health, animal health and the environment; __________________ 10See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.http://trade.ec.europa. eu/doclib/docs/2014/december/tradoc_152 942.pdf 11 See 2014 report on Technical Barriers to Trade by the US Trade Representative, p. 45.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Having regard the results of Eurobarometer from November 2014 on the transatlantic trade and investment agreement;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by stating that existing standards willimperative that existing EU standards concerning health and food are not be lowered, asnd this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)at the TTIP must take account, both in pre-agreement negotiations and following ratification, of changes to the provisions contained in these standards;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleadingimportant on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns abake into account the TTIP by stating that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)environmental, health and food safety standards;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the transparency initiatives undertaken by Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and agrees that they are supporting the public debate on TTIP;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedPoints out that the TTIP negotiations shave already affected Commission proposals and actions relating, for example, to food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; implementation of the fuel quality directive)ll not affect proposals and actions of the Commission, existing legislation of the EU in the area of food safety and climate protection and the independent decision taking of the European Parliament;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.there should not be a trade-off between the economic goals and the people's health, safety and the environment; agrees further with the Commissioner that where Europe and the United States have very different rules, there will be no agreement, such as GMOs, the use of hormone in bovine sector, REACH and Cloning; __________________
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks for an adequate legal protection of European GIs in the US market and the end of misleading use of GIs;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for a regulatory framework on pesticides, which puts consumers safety first, enhances cooperation between authorities in the assessment procedures and methodologies for risk evaluation, and establishes a pest management cooperation in order to avoid animal and plant pests, which can cause unproportionate trade barriers;
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines that the negotiations on the health and pharmaceutical sector shall deliver benefits for citizens by having access to high quality medical products and services through affordable prices, by an increased cross-border scientific knowledge and through the removal of unnecessary and burdensome approval processes and inspections; calls for a speeding up of the approval of new medicines and medical devices and the establishment of a regulatory cooperation, which creates synergies and avoids burdensome approval processes and inspections in the sector while keeping the highest quality of services and products;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls on the US side to lift the ban on beef imports from the EU;
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls on the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that wouldpay particular attention to the provisions of the TTIP which might have an impact on the following European policies:
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– involve regulation of chemicals and pesticides,
Amendment 209 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
– affect the EU’s integrated approach to food safety, including EU legislation on European legislation on food safety and relating to GMOs,
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
– encourage or facilitate the extraction, transportation or use of fossil fuels, in particular unconventional ones, or hinder the achievement of EU or US climate and energy targets;
Amendment 271 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The fight against the development of antimicrobial resistance being a priority issue for public and animal health, calls for the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to be integrated with negotiation of the TTIP.
Amendment 287 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and uUrges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particulartexts of the negotiations, especially to the consolidated onestexts.
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources, while encouraging research to improve the environmental impact of new energy extraction methods;