19 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2017/2193(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas the Commission concluded in 2012 that New Zealand has an adequate protection of personal data according to Directive 95/46/EC;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can only be realised by concluding a high-quality FTA with New Zealand in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements; believes that deeper bilateral cooperation should serve as a step for further multilateral and plurilateral liberalisation;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that the negotiation of a modern, deep, ambitious, balanced and comprehensive FTA is a pragmaticsuitable way of deepening the bilateral partnership and further reinforcing the existing, already mature bilateral trade and investment relationships;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Takes the view that these negotiations should serve as a template for a new generation of free trade agreements, stressing the importance to raise ambitions further and to deepen the liberalisation, pushing the boundaries for what a modern FTA entails, considering the highly developed economy and regulatory environment of New Zealand;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Council to authorise the Commission to start negotiations for a trade and investment agreement and an agreement on non-direct investments and investment protection agreement with New Zealand on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercise and with clear targets;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possible and fully respect best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public while not undermining the Union's negotiating position;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), customs and trade facilitation, e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition, sustainable development, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement however should prevent either side from regulating in a proportionate and non-discriminatory manner to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering in this respect that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised publicservices in the exercise of governmental authority or services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funding of the arts and culture, education, and health and social services;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)
a a) Full liberalisation for trade in goods while applying suitable transition periods and the inclusion of a safeguard clause for the most sensitive sectors;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)
a b) Simple and flexible rules of origin that are suitable for a complex world of global value chains, applying whenever possible multilateral rules of origin and in other cases non-burdensome rules of origin such as 'change of tariff subheading' and low requirements on 'value added';provisions on cumulation for all relevant partners with preferential FTAs;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)
a c) Provisions on 'Mode 5 services' allowing for duty drawback for the value supplied through a service from a party of the agreement when imported through goods originating from a party outside of the agreement;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a d (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a d (new)
a d) Provisions on anti-dumping and countervailing measures possibly excluding their application where sufficient common competition standards and cooperation are in place and in every case commitments that go beyond WTO rules in this area;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a e (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a e (new)
a e) Further liberalisation for trade in services including mutual commitments in Mode 1 so as to allow cross-border supply of services to facilitate the digitalisation and servicification of the economy;an ambitious approach in Mode 3 including the removal of barriers to commercial presence and establishment;a comprehensive approach in Mode 4, as the EU has a clear offensive interest in the inward and outward movement of highly-skilled labour;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a f (new)
Paragraph 14 – point a f (new)
a f) Provisions allowing for the full functioning of the digital ecosystem, and promoting the cross-border data flows processed for legitimate purposes, including provisions that prohibit any requirements on ICT service suppliers to use local infrastructure, or establish a local presence, as a condition of supplying services;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c
Paragraph 14 – point c
c) Significant concessions on public procurement at all levels of government, state owned enterprises and undertakings with special or exclusive rights guaranteeing market access for European companies in strategic sectors and the same degree of openness as that of the EU’s public procurement markets;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)
d a) Provisions on labour and environmental aspects of trade and sustainable development of relevance in a trade and foreign direct investment context, encompassing provisions that promote adherence to and effective implementation of relevant internationally agreed principles and rules, including the core labour standards and fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and multilateral environmental agreements including those related to climate change;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point f
Paragraph 14 – point f
f) Enforceable measures covering the recognition and protection of intellectual property rights, including geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural and foodstuff products, and for wines and spirits;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
g) A balanced and ambitious outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotastransition periods and a suitable safeguard clause in the most sensitive sectors; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;