4 Amendments of Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN related to 2013/2179(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Requests that fish products such as canned tuna imported from Thailand, which have the potential to disrupt the EU’'s production and market for these products, be treated as sensitive products; points out that long transitional periods or partial and that access of Thai canned and processed tuna in the EU market should continue to be subject to its current overall tariff and therefore excluded from tariff liberaliszation commitments, including the imposition of quotas, should therefore be duly established for such products;under the FTA. Furthermore any decision concerning the access of Thai canned and processed tuna should only be taken after rigorous impact assessments and in close collaboration with the industry, in order to analyse and evaluate, the impact that they may have in the processing industry and marketing of seafood products in the EU
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Demands that imports of canned tuna and other fish products from Thailand be subject to the greatest possible extent to the same competitive conditions as those for EU fish products; this implies in particular that an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter must be part of the Agreement, whereby Thailand undertakes to respect, promote and implement internationally recognised labour standards, as embodied in the fundamental ILO conventions, including those on forced labour;. Also, respect for human rights, the protection of the environment, the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and the conformity with sanitary and phytosanitary rules of the EU, should be strictly monitored. Therefore, a mechanism for monitoring and supervision of compliance should be included in the FTA
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls, in the case ofRequests that for sensitive fish products, for stricull compliance with solid and coherent rules of origin to bare maintained, and for cumulation to be strictly limited in that of without exemption. In this sense, cumulation shall not be allowed for products such as canned tuna, for which Thailand is mainly a processing country rather than a fishing country;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that thonly a positive outcome of the trade negotiations with Thailand in the sensitive fisheriesy sector shcould be without prejudice tomake possible the European Parliament’'s decision to support the conclusion of the Agreement by giving its consent to it.