18 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2011/2115(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the rule-based multilateral trading system, established through the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is the most suitable framework for regulating and promoting open and fair tradethe development of fair and equitable global trade rules;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the difficulties of European manufacturers on Japan's car market are also due to the slow pace of adoption by Japan of the relevant international standards, considering that Japan has adopted only 40 out of the 126 UN-ECE Regulations under the 1958 Agreement and that the slow pace of adoption by Japan restricts the benefits of the mutual recognition provisions of the 1958 UN- ECE Agreement; whereas Japan's test cycle to measure emissions and fuel efficiency of light vehicles makes European ones less likely to qualify for the Japanese environmental performance- based tax incentives;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that removing or reducingtackling unjustified NTBs and other regulatory obstacles should be the key regulatoryof the EU's key strategic partner countries by means of regulatory dialogue should be one of the priorityies of the new EU trade policy under the Europe 2020 Strategy; 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 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to systematically address the great variety, technical complexity and political sensitivity of NTBs as part of a holistic strategy, including enhanced regulatory dialogue, with respect to all EU's trading partners, particularly with those of strategic importance the appropriate fora of regulatory dialogue, such as the Committees reviewing the implementation of bilateral FTAs, the relevant committees of the WTO and the standard-setting agencies of the UN;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Insists that it is of utmost importance to always duly differentiate between unjustified and justified measures of national authorities and to employ the term NTB strictly to unjustified measures; recalls that EU trade partners maintain a range of challenges in front of the TBT Committee of the WTO against justified measures of the EU regarding public health and environmental standards, such as REACH;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. calls on the Commission to defend in the appropriate fora the capacity of the EU to freely set new regulatory standards, in particular but not exclusively regarding consumer protection, the environment, public health and social justice, without any prejudice with regard to their possible impact on trade; calls on the Commission to equally respect the regulatory sovereignty of the EU's trade partners;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. emphasises that the structured regulatory dialogues envisioned in bilateral FTAs must fully respect the democratic process in the adoption of standards, both in the EU and in its trading partners;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists that the tackling of NTBs mustis an inter-service task involving different DGs of the Commission and should be regarded as a top priority on the Commission's regulatory outreach agenda, in particular through the harmonisation of technical rules on the basis of international standards;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to address these widespread and persistent issues in all plurilateral and bilateral trade agreements, especially Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), and to ensure that NTBs are given at least as much attention as is currently afforded tariff elimination, particularlyappropriate regulatory fora, and to ensure that NTBs are given the appropriate attention in its trade negotiations with industrialised and emerging economies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the European Parliament should focus in futuretake more attention on the manner in which unjustified NTBs have been addressed when assessing trade agreements to ensure access for European exporters and investors, in particular SMEs, to third country markets;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the Commission should duly explore the possibility of developing and establishing an early warning mechanism to detect unjustified NTBs and strengthen its existing analytical tools for a qualitative evaluation thereof;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to promote the spread of public procurement disciplines based on international standards as developed in the Government Procurement Agreement and to use or expand existing regulatory dialoguesuse or expand existing regulatory dialogues among the parties to the Government Procurement Agreement in order to enhance cooperation on the regulatory framework and the removal of existing direct and indirect discriminatory practices;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages EU businesses and exporters to make use of the existing channels, including the TBR complaints or the complaints register in the Market Access Database, to report material injuries resulting from all kinds ofon unjustified trade barriers;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that export taxes should not be considered as a NTB; regards export taxes as a trade policy tool at the disposal of developing countries which can be used to pursue development goals; in particular, underlines that export taxes are permitted under the WTO rules, and that the majority of WTO members using export taxes are developing and least developed countries; therefore, urges the EU to refrain from attempting to ban the use of export taxes for Least Developed Countries at the WTO and in bilateral trade agreements and Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), as it would limit their policy space to use this tool for value-addition, diversification, infant industry protection, food security, revenue and environmental considerations;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Notes with concern the tendency to regard domestic regulations on services as constituting NTBs; emphasises that service liberalisation commitments must not impair the ability of governments to impose performance and quality controls on environmental services and other service providers, neither in the EU nor in partner countries;