5 Amendments of Pascal CANFIN related to 2011/2115(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to continue implementation of the European external market access strategy with a view to removing unjustified non- tariff trade barriers;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. regards as unjustified all barriers resulting from the incoherent implementation of bilateral and multilateral trade rules; instead regards as justified all barriers resulting from the legitimate legislative and administrative activity of public authorities originating in other than trade scopes but having unintended consequences on trade, whose removal must be subject to public consultation and deliberation
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Supports the proposal contained in the Single Market Act aiming to promote regulatory convergence and the wider adoption of international standards; hopes that the structured regulatory dialogues established in this field with some of its partners will produce practical results as regards the mutual recognition, convergence and development of rules and standards; emphasises that this structured regulatory dialogue must fully respect the democratic process in the adoption of standards, both in the EU and in its trading partners
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the public procurement procedures of our principal partners are not as open as those of the European Union; supportsTakes note of the fact that a mere 1-2 percent of the value of procurement contracts within the EU Member States are awarded across national borders, with the percentage of contracts awarded to bidders from outside the EU being a very small part of this fraction, calling in doubt the de-facto openness of the EU procurement market; nevertheless, considers that reciprocity is needed in this field between the EU and the industrialised countries and major emerging partners, without hindering the capability of the public authorities, especially in the developing countries, to use public procurement for purposes of general interest ; expects therefore the Commission's work to reprovisde EU legislation on public procurement, in particular figures and facts regarding the level of openness of public procurement both in the EU and in other introduction of legislationdustrialised countries, and to come up with a balanced legislative proposal to enhance symmetry in access to public procurement and to clarifying the provisions on access by third-country businesses to European public procurement procedures, both in order to ensure that the conditions governing these procedures are fair and to strengthen the EU's position when negotiating access for European businesses to third-country public procurement procedures;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets that the Commission pushes for binding liberalisation commitments of services of general economic interest in negotiations for bilateral trade agreements, thereby undermining the quality of public services provision both in the EU and in third-countries; refuses that the pressure to liberalise these services in the context of international trade be used as the main rationale to liberalise them further within the EU Single Market.