Activities of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2010/2110(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on EU-Agriculture and International Trade
Amendments (9)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomNotes the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the; regrets that this agreement penalises the EU agricultural sector, which has aglreement on trade in bananas makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believesady been undermined, particularly as regards the outermost regions; calls for compensation that this agreement further consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture in the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTO negotiations forwcommensurate with the EU producers’ commitment to providing quality products that meet strict social and environmental standards;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the agreement on trade in bananas makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believes that this agreement fur, however, that the interests of Community producers and their consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture in the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTO negotiations forwarACP partners should be taken into account in the next trade negotiations so that these sectors, which provide numerous jobs, are not weakened;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the outermost regions are an integral part of EU territory and all international trade agreements are applied to them; stresses that their fragile economies are mainly based on agriculture, and their production covers the same areas of production as the Latin- American partners in particular and is therefore jeopardised by lower customs tariffs; points out that Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union allows for adjustment of Community policies to the geographic and economic realities of these regions; therefore calls on the Commission to take the specific constraints of the outermost regions into account in the framework of its negotiations so that their development is not undermined;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to abide by its commitments on behalf of the EU sugar sector and to end systematic concessions on sugar in bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, in the WTO negotiations and in other international trade agreements, the Commission must seek to ensure that importedthe only agricultural products that can be imported are those that meet the same EU requirements and standards, in the areas of food safety, animal welfare and environmental protection, that are imposed on agricultural products produced inside the Union;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Considers it unacceptable for the Commission to resume negotiations with Mercosur without making a detailed impact assessment publicly available in advance and without engaging in a proper political debate with the Council and the Parliament;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls for an impact assessment on the consequences of these negotiations for the agricultural networks and the EU regions to be carried out and discussed before any exchange of tariff offers between the EU and Mercosur;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Points out that, in view of the agricultural issues in the negotiations with Mercosur, there is a need for a link to be made with the Doha Round; therefore calls on the Commission, if necessary, to conclude these negotiations only after the WTO Round has ended, as its mandate states;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is concerned at the prospect of concessions on cereals in the negotiations with Ukraine, in view of the fact that Ukrainian production is highly competitive and that Ukraine is already the main user of reduced-tariff cereal quotas (wheat and barley) offered to third countries; calls, therefore, on the Commission to limit its offer in this sector;