11 Amendments of Frithjof SCHMIDT related to 2008/2135(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Urges the Commission to insist, in the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement, on a chapter on sustainable development establishing legally binding and enforceable minimum social and environmental standards;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas market access is being hampered by Non-tariff Barriers to Trade (NTBs) such as health and safety requirements or technical barriers, quantitative restrictions, conformity procedures, trade defence mechanisms, customs procedures, internfor both sides is to be regarded in the view of sometimes arbitrary Non-tariff Barriers to Trade (NTBs) or technical barriers and a failure to adopt international norms and standards; whereas NTBs or technical barriers often aim at upholding health, social and environmental staxation, and a failure to adopt international norms and standardsndards and therefore constitute legitimate barriers to trade,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the FTA should include binding and enforceable commitments on social and environmental standards and sustainable development,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas studies show that the more ambitious the FTA, the more positive economic effects for both EU and India, uch as the Global Analysis Report for the EU-India Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment by Ecorys, CUTS International and Centad (2008) also predict some undesirable economic effects such as an increase in inequality in India, including significant job losses in key sectors in India, as well as declines in overall real income and private household consumption,
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that India maintains the principle of asymmetry; urges the Commission to push for a reciprocal, symmetrical FTAStresses that commitments must reflect the different levels of social and economic development of the two parties, including principles of asymmetric market opening;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that India is concerned about the lack of harmonisation of micro-biological standards in the EU, implications of REACH, costly certificates and conformity procedures; stresses that these issues must be resolved in the FTA; calls on both parties to ensure that regulation and NTBs do not get in the way of tradeNTBs maintained in the EU; calls on the Commission to provide technical assistance to support Indian producers in their efforts to reach EU standards, in particular concerning the health, environmental and social dimensions of production, thus creating win-win situations;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets that India is not willing to includPoints out that an agreement should secure the right of governments to continue to use public procurement in the FTA; callas oan the Commission to negotiate effective and transparent procurement systemsinstrument to encourage local economic development;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes India's commitment to a strong IPR regime; encourages its rigorous implementation and enforcementthat IPRs are part of the negotiation; stresses that the protection of biodiversity and traditional knowledge must guide the negotiations;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Stresses that human rights and democracy clauses constitute an essential element of the FTA; is concerned by the continuing persecution of religious minorities and human rights defenders in India and extrajudicial killings and unmarked mass graves in the Indian Administrated Kashmir; calls on the Indian Government to grant access for the UN Special Rapporteurs to investigate these mass graves; also in the spirit of the human rights and democracy clause, calls on the Commission and the Council to work together with the Indian Government to improve the situation of the underprivileged sections of the population, in particular women, children and disadvantaged groups of persons, e.g. Dalits and Adivasis; stresses in this context that the caste system constitutes a human rights violation in itself;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on India to ensure that the benefits of the FTA reachthe Commission, the Council and India to ensure that the FTA is not harmful to disadvantaged groups such as Dalits and Adivasis, and other marginalised trithat potential benefits of the FTA reach all members and castesof society;