5 Amendments of Béla GLATTFELDER related to 2008/2149(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Croatia is well on the way to full membership of the European Union, with prospects of concluding the negotiations in 2009, has continued to meet the Copenhagen political and economic criteria and has been recognised as having a functioning market economy, which could serve as a positive example to the other countries in the region,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to make a proposal without delay for abolishing the sugar import quotas assigned to the Western Balkan countries; considers these duty-free quotas to be unacceptable, as producers in the Western Balkans do not have to make restructuring payments, thus gaining a significant competitive advantage in relation to producers within the EU; considers that the sugar production which has increased because of the duty-free quota cannot be taken as a basis for negotiation with a view to determining the national sugar quota during the accession negotiations;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Considers that the development of the port of Rijeka is an extremely important project for the European Union; believes it to be in the interest of the European Union that this development should proceed as soon as possible;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recalls that it is necessary to increase agricultural trade with Croatia too, so that when Croatia accedes it can align itself as smoothly as possible with the CAP;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Emphasises that, in retail trade, the administrative obstacles must be removed which prevent the emergence of more competitive food traders, as the ineffectiveness of the food trade hampers the attempts of European producers to reach the market;