Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2014/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) DA
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (debate) DA
Amendments (16)
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests that the Commission ensure a policy of free energy mix and free trade with respect to fuels, including LNG and crude oil;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having in mind that bureaucratic burden and administrative costs which stem from tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) disproportionately more than big companies;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the huge differentials between the USA and the EU in energy prices but also in per capita CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, where appropriate to provide energy-intensive sectors in the EU, including the chemicals industry, with appropriate measures maintaining current tariff rates over the longest possible period after the entry into force of the TTIPwithout distorting the markets;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to include so-called "green services," such as construction, installations, repairs and management of environmental goods, in the ongoing negotiations with our transatlantic partners; notes that the European Union is a world leader in the import and export of green goods and services, yet many barriers remain for the European green service providers; notes that the sector has considerable economic potential for the European Union;
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that different regulatory approaches in the European Union and the US are costly for industries on both sides of the Atlantic; believes that there are significant efficiency gains to be tapped by aligning these approaches while still allowing authorities in the European Union and in the Unites States to maintain and achieve high quality standards and safety for their citizens;
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission, while welcoming the potential benefits of regulatory alignment and mutual recognition, including the establishment of common principles in standards and technical specifications in the area of ICT, about the importance of maintaining high levels of safety and security;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind that there are important offensive interests for the EU in the services sector, for instance in the areas of engineering, telecommunications, green-tech and transport services;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi a (new)
(xia) to ensure transparency and non- discrimination for European companies, especially SMEs, when tendering for public contracts on the US market at all government levels.
Amendment 545 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) to ensure that the regulatory cooperation chapter promotes an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through the facilitation of trade and investment while developing and securing high levels of protection of health and safety, consumer, labour and environmental legislation and of the cultural diversity that exists within the EU; different regulatory approaches in the European Union and the US are costly for industries on both sides of the Atlantic and there are significant efficiency gains to be tapped by aligning regulatory approaches, while still allowing authorities in the European Union and in the Unites States to maintain and achieve high quality standards and safety for their citizens; negotiators on both sides need to identify and to be very clear about which regulatory measures and standards are fundamental and cannot be compromised, which ones can be the subject of a common approach, which are the areas where mutual recognition, such as for example inspection of pharmaceutical production sites, based on a common high standard and a strong system of market surveillance is desirable and which are those where simply an improved exchange of information is possible, based on the experience of one and a half years of ongoing talks;
Amendment 592 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); recognises that standards are important for the export and import of goods and both sides and urges American and European standardization organisations to work together on common standards and mutual recognition of standards, to the benefit of European and American competitiveness and consumer choice, while maintaining high safety standards and protection for consumers; to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure the impact on consumers and the environment next to its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives;
Amendment 623 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) to combine negotiations on market access and regulatory cooperation with the establishment of ambitious rules and disciplines, inter alia on sustainable development, energy, pharmaceuticals, SMEs, investment and intellectual property;
Amendment 680 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exportexport of energy sources, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources;
Amendment 709 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ix a (new)
(ixa) to ensure that the TTIP facilitates the import and export of both environmental goods, as well as services such as construction, installation, repairs and management are inextricable linked to green technologies, an area in which many non-tariff barriers remain;
Amendment 713 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point x
Paragraph 1 – point d – point x
(x) to ensure that TTIP serves as a forum for the development of common sustainability standards for energy production and energy efficiency, always taking into account and adhering to existing standards on both sides;
Amendment 757 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashionway and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an reformed and well balanced ISDS mechanism; s. Such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to addressguarantees equal treatment of foreign and national investors and gives an effective investment protection and can be a useful instrument to increase direct foreign investment disputes;
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
(xv) to ensure that TTIP includes an ambitious Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter that includes strong protection of precisely and clearly defined areas of IPR, including copyright applicability and the risk of replica copies of European goods being imported from the US where the criteria for protection is lower, the enhanced protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), and reflects a fair and efficient level of protection and enforcement such as laid out in the EU’s and the US’s free trade agreement provisions in this area, while continuing to confirm the existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), notably in the area of public health;