Activities of Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK related to 2017/2050(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union of the Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and New Zealand, of the other part PDF (365 KB) DOC (55 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas ASEAN also has a strategic partnership with New Zealand and is a founding member of the Regional Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and has a strategic partnership with ASEAN;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas New Zealand has concluded bilateral free trade agreements with Australia, Singapore, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and South Korea, as well as the multilateral trade agreements of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement with Singapore, Chile and Brunei, the ASEAN- Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement and the New Zealand Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Free Trade Agreement; whereas China is seeking to upgrade its trade agreement with New Zealand and Mexico is seeking to launch negotiations for an FTAand New Zealand are seeking to upgrade their trade agreements;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas New Zealand wais also party to, and has ratified, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal and is involved in the negotiations for the Chinese-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP);
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas New Zealand has also contributed to UN peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and, Sierra Leone, has carried out police training missions in Afghanistan since 2005, and continuesand Afghanistan; whereas in Afghanistan it led a reconstruction team in Bamyan Province, in addition to contributeing to the EUPOL mMissions until 2012;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas New Zealand deployed a non-combat training mission to Iraq since 2015 with the aim of training tens of thousands of Iraqi security forces personnel, as part of the fight against ISIS;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas New Zealand is a proponent of green production, particularly food, and has been promoting comprehensive global climate agreements within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the implementation of the COP21 Paris agreement and effective mitigation action by all developed countries and major emitting developing countries, including the establishment of a national emissions trading scheme;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
Pa. whereas the European Union and New Zealand work together to promote sustainable development and to mitigate the impacts of climate change in the Pacific region, with a particular focus on the role played by renewable energy sources;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)
Recital P b (new)
Pb. whereas New Zealand contributes to the International Fund for Ireland, an organisation which works to promote economic and social advancement, as well as to encourage and facilitate community dialogue and reconciliation;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights New Zealand’s contribution to EUNAVFOR Atalanta anti- piracy operations off the Horn of Africa, to EUPOL Afghanistan, and to EUFOR Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes New Zealand’s ratification of the COP21 climate agreement and positively notes that 60-780 % of its electricity comes from renewable energy sources;