10 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2016/2031(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Customs Union has shown that it clearly fails todoes not meet the requirements ofneeded for modern trade relations between the parties;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas Turkey has been implementing an ever increasing number of tariff and non-tariff barriers over time;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point a – point iv
(iv) the current structure of the Ankara agreement should be considered inadequCustoms Union is outdated in terms of the evolution of the EU’s trade policy, in that: (a) it does not consider specific issues such as sustainable development, protection of social rights and labour, gender equality, protection of food safety and health, sanitary-phytosanitary measures (SPS), SMEs or the protection of foreign investments; (b) it does not take account of the specific role of the European Parliament and of the national parliaments; (c) the provisions concerning the settlement of disputes reflect the political nature of the agreement;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point a – point vi
(vi) the entire negotiating process should be based on the principles of transparency and full access to the proceedings where appropriate without undermining European interests in the negotiations;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) a prerequisite for the modernisation of the Customs Union is that Turkey shoulbefore the start of the negotiations should commit to progressively abolish existing barriers to trade that do not comply with the Customs Union and refrain from adopting any protectionist or restrictive measures in the future, such as the unilateral imposition of customs duties and non-tariff barriers on goods produced in the EU, including goods released for free circulation, or government policies to reduce imports;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) the liberalisation of agricultural products should be conditional upon reform of Turkish legislation on grants and export subsidies in order to avoid distortionary effects on the CAP system. Special consideration should be given to the impact on small-scale farmers regarding those categories of product that are vulnerable to competitiondone after careful assessment on the effects to the EU agricultural markets;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
(vi) owing to its importance and impact, the services sector should be liberalised on the basis of stringent transparency criteria, full reciprocity, non-discrimination and legislative harmonisation, with the exclusion of audiovisual services and services of general economic interestservices supplied in the exercise of governmental authority and services carried out neither on a commercial basis nor in competition with one or more economic operators;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
(vii) in areas such as the digital economy, telecommunications, postal services and financial services, attention should be paid to aspects relating to the free flow of data while providing adequate data protection; in the transport sector, the current quota system should be maintained;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point viii
(viii) rigorous procedures should be establishedcommitments in Mode 4 should be achieved including procedures regarding the entry and residence of professionals;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ix
(ix) the new EU-Turkey trade framework should lay down specific provisions for the protection of investments including a dispute settlement mechanism;