3 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2018/2037(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Affirms that EU trade and agriculture policies are closely intertwined and will remain so in the future, given the important role of agriculture in the context of negotiations both bilaterally for EU free trade agreements and multilaterally at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), on issues such as market access for agricultural products, the protection of geographical indications, sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules, harmonisation of animal welfare and other standards, and the simplification of import procedures;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission, in the context of ongoing and future bilateral trade negotiations with third countries, to approach with the utmost care the liberalisation of market access in sensitive agricultural sectors with care and to consider at first hand transition periods, tariff-rate quotas, and appropriate safeguarding measures, and the exclusion offor the most sensitive products; notes that this predominantly concerns beef, other meat, rice, wheat, other cereals, sugar, and dairy product suitable tariff-rate quotas;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the lack of progress on domestic support in agriculture at the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference; welcomes nevertheless the EU's joint declaration with the Cairns Group before the conference and calls on the Commission to continue the cooperation on domestic support; reiterates that any future EU position on this topic must duly respect the framework of the reformed CAP; invites EU trading partners, in this regard, to make commitments to reducing trade-distorting domestic support; calls on the WTO members that continue to grant export subsidies to implement the Ministerial Decision on Export Competition adopted in Nairobi on 19 December 2015;