4 Amendments of Joe HIGGINS related to 2010/2110(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Reiterates the potential importance of agriculture in the context of poverty alleviation and the achievement of the MDGs in developing and LDCs; stresses that this potential can only be utilised to the full if it is in line with the principles of supporting food sovereignty and food security, compliance with the highest environmental, health and safety standards, the protection and development of sustainable domestic agriculture in the interest of small farmers and producers; therefore urges the Commission to fundamentally review its agricultural policy with special focus on export subsidies and the asymmetric distribution of agricultural subsidies within the EU which favour big agro business;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls upon the Commission to continue to seek, as one of its major priorities,, in the interest of safeguarding consumer interest by providing consumers with reliable and relevant product information, to seek more effective protection of geographical indications (GI) in the WTO by extending the higher level of protection currently available for wines and spirits (Article 23 of the TRIPS agreement) to all GIs, and by establishing a system of notification and registration of geographical indications;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Emphasises the importance of strict implementation of the preferential rules of origin; calls for a review of all trade preferences given to emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil by the European Union in order to guarantee the development of domestic economies in developing and LDCs and to avoid abuse of the preferential rules of origins by foreign based corporations; calls for a review of all trade preferences given to emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil by the European Union; insists strongly that any such review must not harm those sections of society in the respective countries that still live in poverty and/or on very low incomes;