Activities of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2011/2115(INI)
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Explanations of vote
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REPORT on trade and investment barriers PDF (211 KB) DOC (141 KB)
Amendments (12)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
– having regard to its earlier resolutions, in particular resolution of 13 October 2005 on prospects for trade relations between the EU and China, the resolution of 1 June 2006 on EU-US transatlantic economic relations, the resolution of 28 September 2006 on the EU’s economic and trade relations with India, the resolution of 12 October 2006 on economic and trade relations between the EU and Mercosur with a view to the conclusion of an Interregional Association Agreement, the resolution of 22 May 2007 on Global Europe – external aspects of competitiveness, the resolution of 19 June 2007 on EU economic and trade relations with Russia, the resolution of 19 February 2008 on the EU’s Strategy to deliver market access for European companies, the resolution of 24 April 2008 on ‘Towards a reform of the World Trade Organisation’, the resolution of 5 February 2009 on Trade and economic relations with China, the resolution of 26 March 2009 on an EU- India Free Trade Agreement, the resolution of 21 October 2010 on the European Union’s trade relations with Latin America, the resolution of 17 February 2011 on the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and the Republic of Korea, the resolution of 6 April 2011 on European international investment policy, the legislative resolution of 10 May 2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries, the resolution of 11 May 2011 on the state of play in the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations, the resolution of 11 May 2011 on EU-Japan Trade relations, the resolution of 8 June 2011 on EU- Canada trade relations, andthe resolution of 13 September 2011 on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe20, the resolution of XX September 2011 on the New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy, __________________ and the resolution of XX XXXX 2011 on modernisation of public procurement21, __________________ 20 Texts adopted, P6_TA(2011)0364. 21 Texts adopted, P7_TA- PROV(2011)XXXX.
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU should continue giving priority to achieving a balanced outcome of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), which would support developing countries'’ – and particularly the least developed countries’ – integration in the international trading system and contribute to enforcingstablishing fairer and more equitable multilateral trade rules among all its members;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ought to be an effective tool for ensuring transparency and combating speculation on commodity markets;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas NTBs in China have been steadily growing in number in recent years and they could restrict companies’ development, particularly that of SMEs established on Chinese territory;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas Brazil and Argentina regularly adopt tariff and non-tariff measures that affect European companies unfavourably although they are both involved, as members of Mercosur, in negotiating a free trade agreement with the EU; whereas, moreover, deficiencies in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and enforcement and the considerable registration backlog in patent and trademark applications affecting various goods, including additional discriminatory requirements for pharmaceuticals, have beenare reported by EU companies at entry to the Brazilian market,; and considering that the delay in the ratification by Brazil of the Madrid Protocol and the non-accession to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Internet Treaties are both affecting the effective protection of IPR in the country, and considering that sanctions are not deterrent enough to combat IP infringements;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that removing or reducing NTBs and other unjustified regulatory obstacles should be the keya regulatory priority of the new EU trade policy under the Europe 2020 Strategy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to draw a clear distinction between those NTBs which give rise to unfair distortions of competition and those which reflect legitimate public-policy aims, notably in relation to public health and the protection of the environment; emphasises, for example, that the European laws on GMOs and the health and plant-health related rules affecting agriculture cannot be regarded as unfair NTBs but should, on the contrary, be defended in the international trade arena;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that insistence on reciprocity of market access for industrialised and emerging countries should be an integral part of EU trade strategy, on a par with the removal or lowering of NTBs;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to address these widespread and persistent issues in all plurilateral and bilateral trade agreements, especially Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), and to ensure that NTBs are given at least as much attention as is currently afforded tariff elimination, particularly in its negotiations with industrialised and emerging economies; emphasises that, in the field of cooperation with developing countries, priority must be accorded to aid for trade and to technical and financial assistance, to help such countries improve their regulatory environment while taking account of their specific needs in terms of developing their internal markets and protecting their embryonic industries and their agricultural structures, which in many cases are vulnerable;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the European Parliament should focus in future on the manner in which unjustified NTBs have been addressed when assessing trade agreements to ensure access for European exporters and investors, in particular SMEs, to third country markets, while at the same time respecting the need for special, differentiated treatment for developing countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is of the opinion that, although no direct link can be made at this point in time between specific NTBs and other regulatory hindrances EU companies face when trying to access foreign markets, on the one hand, and actual job losses in the EU Member States on the other hand, it would be advisable for the CommissionConsiders that the Commission should investigate, in consultation with other relevant international organisations, to investigate whether there is a correlation between specific NTBs and actualin the EUs and in third countries and job creation and jobs losses in the EU;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that one of the keys to lowering NTBs to trade and investment is reform of the Government Procurement Agreement in the WTO, with due regard to the multifunctional nature of procurement policies; calls on the major emerging economies to participate in this process and to sign and ratify the future agreement without delay;