Activities of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2010/0289(COD)
Plenary speeches (4)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In particular, the European Council underlined its firm commitment to grant exclusively to Pakistan increased market access to the Union through the exceptional, immediate and time limited reduction of duties on key imports from Pakistan.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) The textile industry is a key economic sector not only for Pakistan, but also for certain Member States; particular attention must thus be paid to imports from Pakistan in order not to aggravate matters for a European textile industry that has already been undermined by other trade agreements.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) It is therefore appropriate to extend autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences wshould not cause any meaningful adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and wshould not affect negatively least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) The autonomous trade preferences granted to Pakistan should be subject to an annual impact assessment, conducted by the Commission and presented to Parliament and the Council, which allows for adjustments to be made based on the actual volume of imports and the possible repercussions for the sectors specifically concerned by this Regulation.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Entitlement to benefit from the exceptional autonomous trade preferences is conditional on Pakistan's compliance with the relevant rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto as well as involvement in effective administrative cooperation with the Union in order to prevent any risk of fraud. Serious and systematic violations of the conditions for the entitlement to the preferential arrangement, fraud or failure to provide administrative cooperation for the verification of origin of goods should constitute reasons for a temporary suspension of the preferences. In this respect, the Commission should be permitted to adopt, if necessary, such temporary measures.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences until 31 December 2013to a period of two years from the entry into force of this Regulation, extendable by one year if necessary.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
The Commission may adopt, by way of delegated acts in accordance with Article 5, measures for the purpose of amending the Annexes in order to introduce amendments and technical adjustments made necessary both following amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes andor to the TARIC subdivisions and in the light of the annual impact assessments on developments concerning the importation of products covered by this Regulation.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2013 and shall form the subject of a detailed annual impact assessment of the direct and indirect effects on EU industry of the autonomous trade preferences granted to Pakistan.