Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2017/2057(INI)
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Amendments (15)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas any EU trade negotiation must guarantee the highest levels of social, labour and environmental protection achieved by the parties, and may serve as a tool to promote an agenda of social justice and sustainable development, both in the EU and throughout the world; whereas the modernisation of the AA should be seen as an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to further promote common high standards and commitments in their trade agreements, especially in the areas of labour rights, environmental protection, consumer rights and public welfare; whereas, as recently confirmed by the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, a sanctions-based mechanism is needed to redress infringements effectively;
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU-Chile JCC, comprising civil society organisations from both parties, held its first meeting on 4 and 5 October 2016 with a view to monitoring the implementation of the existing AA, as well as the negotiations for its update, by channelling the input from civil society and promoting dialogue and cooperation between the EU and Chile beyond governmental channels; whereas this significant delay in establishing the JCC shall not be repeated with respect to the modernised agreement; whereas the civil society participation shall be based on clear structures, membership balance and reporting mandates as of coming into force of the modernised agreement;
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the EU and Chile have been engaged in plurilateral negotiations to further liberalise trade in services (TiSA); whereas these negotiations are stalled, and whereas countries such as Uruguay and Paraguay have left the TISA negotiating table, as they saw their public services sectors endangered;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas Chile is a signatory to the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the future of which appears currently uncertain, and Chile has signed FTAs with all TPP signatories and is widely considered a stable and reliable partner; whereas a strong anti-TPP movement has evolved in the country questioning in particular IP and GMO related aspects of the now paralysed TPP;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the modernization of the agreement should in no situation lead to exacerbation of existing problems in Chile related to privatisation of public services, such as impoverishment of elderly people without adequate or with no pension, or water scarcity for citizens and farmers, while the agroindustry uses privatised water for their agro-exports ; whereas the Commission should come up with proposals on how to frame the services chapters in order to tackle these serious problems;
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the current export pattern of Chile sharply contrasts with the European export pattern, as the former is strongly dominated by raw materials’ exports, such as copper, fruit and vegetables, that leads to high degrees of environmental damage and health problems, low skill levels of labour, and low wages, all of which contrasts to inclusive development, respect for human rights and equally distributed welfare as aims of the agreement; whereas these inconsistencies must be addressed by negotiators when updating the current agreement;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to bear in mind that the European Parliament will have to decide on granting consent to the conclusion of the modernised AA with Chile, including its trade pillar, and that ratification processes by Member States could follow in case of provisions of shared competence;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to recall that globalisation and trade policy have recently been subject to intense debate in Europe and elsewhere, because of the unequal distribution of its gains, and to consider that it is necessary to guarantee a more inclusive distribution of the benefits of trade and to provide adequate protection to those whicho have not benefitted from the current agreement and may be disadvantaged in the further process, while developing policy action in other spheres beyond the provisions of trade agreements themselves, going from industrial to fiscal and social policies;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point g
Paragraph 1 – point g
(g) to ensure that a modernised AA guarantees, throughout the entire text, and enshrines, explicitly and unequivocally, the right and the ability of the parties to adopt and apply their own laws and regulations in the public interest, in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, public education, safety, the environment, public morals, social or consumer protection, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversity; and to explicitly exclude in the text that these rights and abilities can be challenged by an investor;
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to include in its negotiating directives the objective to simplify rules of origin and customs procedures with a view to adapting them to the reality of increasingly complex global value chains; to ensure that a modernised AA includes anti-fraud provisions and measure, measures, as well as waterproof provisions in the chapters on financial services, capital movement and establishment on exclusion of undetected tax planning by corporations, and commitments to standardise customs’ rules and practices, with a view to increasing transparency, effectiveness, legal certainty and cooperation between customs authorities, while modernising and simplifying procedures, as enshrined in the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and the revised Kyoto Convention;
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to consider that openness of public procurement markets, simplified procedures and transparency for bidders, including those from other countries, can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration while providing value for money to taxpayers, in terms of the quality of delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability; to deliver in a modernised AA improved access to public procurement markets, including at sub-central level,while explicitly recognizing the policy margin of the parties to introduce, without possibility for investors’ claims, regulations on climate imperatives, local content, gender quota or quota for disabled people; and transparent procedures based on national treatment, impartiality and fairness;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to ensure that the negotiating directives instruct the Commission to negotiate a modern investment chapter, taking into account best practices internationally, such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development and the latest opinion of the Court of Justice on the EU- Singapore FTA; and to explicitly develop and enshrine investors’ obligations;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
(y) to ensure, with reference to the progress achieved by Chile in bilateral trade negotiations with Uruguay and Canada, that the parties include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality that specifically contains clear and measurable targets, beyond the adherence of the parties and their respect for international human rights, labour and social standards, foreseeing active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by the AA; to provide for measures aiming at improved work-family life balance for women and men; to ensure, inter alia, that the parties commit to collect disaggregated data allowing for thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the impact of the modernised AA on gender equality, to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement, building on the experience of the Chilean Ministry of Gender Equality which, in 2015, established a supporting program to strengthen women entrepreneurs’ participation as suppliers in the public procurement market of ‘Chile Compras’, to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in WTO Mode 4 opportunities; and to ensure that this chapter foresees the involvement of women organisations and gender equality experts in the negotiating teams, as well as in the JCC (foreseeing the development of innovative means of consultation, such as electronic discussions) and that it guarantees periodical substantial discussions on gender and trade, if necessary, with the establishment of a specific consultative subcommittee;
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to include as well a dedicated chapter on micro-enterprises and SMEs foreseeing substantial progresses in terms of trade facilitation, the elimination of trade barriers and unnecessary administrative burdens, as well as active measures aiming to ensure that the resulting opportunities are sufficiently usable and communicated to all main and potential actors (i.e. though the establishment of single windows, dedicated websites and the publication of sectorial guidebooks with information on procedures and new opportunities for trade and investment); and to clarify their rights and obligations, if they integrate into global value chains, and their obligations in relation to those of the headquarters;
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d
Paragraph 1 – point a d
(ad) to accept that the negotiations must result in strong and enforceable provisions covering the recognition and protection of all forms of intellectual property rights, including ambitious provisions on geographical indications (GIs) building upon but extending those contained in the existing AA, ensuring an enhanced enforcement and the possibility to add new GIs; to ensure that any IPR-related provisions must not undermine access to affordable essential medicines under domestic public health programmes; to exclude TRIPS+ provisions for medicines and to ensure the necessary flexibility of production and provision in order to guarantee affordable medicine prices for any consumer;