2 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2009/2219(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Recognises that international trade agreements can encourage improvements in environmental and human rights standards through binding commitments, provided that such commitments are properly implemented, monitored and enforced;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Recognises that high standards of environmental protection and labour rights in the EU can create a competitive disadvantage for European companies competing with products and services from third countries with lower such standards; considers that improvement and enforcement of these standards in third countries through conditions attached to international trade agreements would create fairer competition for European companies, whilst also improving environmental protection and human, social and labour rights in those third countries;