4 Amendments of Olga SEHNALOVÁ related to 2015/2105(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. WelcomesStresses the importance of the Commission’'s pledgecommitment that no trade agreement will lower EU consumer protection standard, labour and environmental standards , which constitute the core of the European social model, while guaranteeing full compliance with the EU acquis;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the TiSA and TTIP negotiations, calls for them to be completed swiftly, and underlines the need to ensure greater market access for European service providers; Calls for progress in the negotiations on the agreements of TiSA and TTIP to be consistent with the lines set out in the European Parliament's resolutions of 8 July 2015 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)1a and Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)1b especially as regards to the exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest; a high level of consumer protection and labour and environmental standards; and also what concerns to a new public system for resolving disputes; ____________________ 1aP8_TA-PROV(2015)0252 1bP8_TA-PROV(2016)0041
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the current and future exclusion of services of general interest and services of general economic interest from trade agreements (including, but not limited to, water, health, social services, social security systems and education, waste management and public transport); welcomes the commitment by the Commission upon which it will not require governments to privatise any service nor prevent them from renationalising once privatised services, nor expanding the range of public interest services they offer to citizens;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to ensure the highest level of transparency, dialogue and accountability; keeping the European Parliament fully and immediately informed at all stages of the negotiations, ensuring the serious and continuous engagement of the EU institutions with all relevant stakeholders throughout the whole negotiation process as well as with national parliaments and regional and local authorities; furthermore calls on the Commission to encourage EU negotiating partners to equally act in widening transparency thus ensuring the democratic foundation of trade policy, strengthening EU citizens trust and preventing misinformation;