5 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2018/2102(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any future trade agreement provides a level playing field, particularly as regards competition and state aid; stresses that state aid should be allowed only in exceptional and justified cases that are regulated by law, so as not to distort competition on the market, while providing for exceptions and justifications emanating from reaching the goals of the Paris climate agreement;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to step upmaintain its efforts to show ambition in opening up international public procurement markets and in increasing European companies’ access to public-private partnerships in third countries; considers it necessary to reduce in the long term asymmetries in access to public procurement contracts between the Union and third countries; is of the view that more consideration should be given to the social and environmental standards applying in third countries, for instance by further integrating that dimension into the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criteria; for the sake of policy coherence with the Union's strategic climate objectives, calls on the Commission to consider limiting the access to the Union public procurement market for goods and services originating from third countries that do not abide by the commitments undertaken under the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Is of the view that, in the perspective of a more integrated European industrial policy, the EU should consider the establishment of a "Buy European Act" setting up the requirement that companies locate at least 50% of their production within the Union, with a view to establishing a level-playing field on the international public procurement market.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to increase its support for small and medium- sized enterprises in the EU so that they can both protect and enforce their rights in the event of unfair commercial practices, i.e. dumping and subsidisation by non-EU countries; in this respect, asks for the firm implementation of the new EU anti- dumping regulation, which for the first time enables the EU to elaborate social and environmental dumping margins.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the effective implementation and the enforcement of the sustainable development provisions of trade agreements is important for improving living conditions in partner countries and protecting European businesses from unfair competition.