6 Amendments of Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI related to 2008/2303(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to respond to the renegotiation requests made by several ACP countries and regions, in line with the statements made by the President of the Commission and by the Commissioner with responsibility for trade to that effect;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Is concerned at the way in which the EPAs are currently funded, which is predominantly based on the EDF; reiterates its view that the EPAs must be funded not by the EDF but by additional aid for trade, to which the EU committed itself in 2005, namely EUR 2 000 000 000 annually, starting in 2010, 50% of which would go to ACP countries; opposes any kind of conditionality linked to the EPAs in the matter of granting European aid, and calls on the Commission to guarantee that access to funds under the 10th EDF is kept separate from the outcome and pace of the negotiations;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Voices concern at the establishmentUnderlines the need for close parliamentary scrutiny during the negotiation as well as during the implementation of EPAs; regrets that the work and role of the JPA is threatened by the prospect of the creation of a new body in the EPA context of EPAs – namely the parliamentary committee – without the relationship between that body and the JPA being made clear; calls for conflicts of competence or pointless friction in this areathe parliamentary committee to operate as part of the JPA, to be avoided; welcomes, at the sa a costly and complicated proliferation of meetings, taking advantage of the JPA’s system of regional me etime, the parliamentary dimension given to the EPA process and the fact that the JPA has starngs, and to exploit the experience of the JPA and promote synergy between all the EPA regions; stresses the desirability of this committee operating in a flexible manner, able to accommodated to implement this dialogue at parliamentary level by means of its regional meetinghe expertise on both trade and development issues of the Members of the European Parliament involved in the examination of the EPA in committees;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses in particular the crucial role of ACP national parliaments, non-state actors and local authorities in monitoring and managing EPAs, and calls on the Commission to guarantee their involvement in the ongoing negotiation process, which requires a clear agenda for further negotiations, to be agreed by ACP countries and the EU and based on a participatory approach;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Is in favour of incorporating the EDF into the EU budget in order to increase the consistency, transparency and effectiveness of development cooperation policy and guarantee democratic scrutiny thereof; underlines that incorporating the EDF into the EU budget is also an appropriate response to the difficulties of execution and ratification of successive EDFs;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on parliaments to exercise close parliamentary scrutiny of the European Development Fund (EDF); highlights the JPA’s key position in this debate and calls on it and the parliaments of the ACP countries to take an active part therein, in particular in connection with the revision of the Cotonou Agreement scheduled for 2010; insists that the JPA be involved in the whole process of negotiating that revision;