12 Amendments of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2015/2105(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the opening of new markets for EU agricultural productions, such as dairy products, meat and live animals (pig, poultry and bovine), and fruits and vegetables, to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers the opening of new markets to be of the utmost importance in the context of the current farming crisis and accordingly favours the balanced negotiation of bilateral or multilateral agreements with third countries, provided that the most sensitive sectors are adequately protected;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. recalls the multifunctional nature of the agri-food sector and its specific sensitivities and constraints and demands that such sensitivities and constraints be considered in the conduct of EU trade policy;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. calls EU negotiators, in all free trade negotiations, such as those ongoing with the US and Mercosur, to strive to achieve a balanced result within the agricultural chapter of such negotiations with market access opportunities which are equivalent on both sides; invites them therefore to resist the temptation of cross concessions at the expense of European agriculture;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Oopposes any form of negotiation involving the treatment of European agriculture as an expendable bargaining chip and warns ofabout the cumulative effect of tariff concessions granted under different trade agreements, whether resulting from multilateral or bilateral negotiations or from autonomous schemes such as the GSP; points out that a zero rate of duty is imposed onalready applicable to 71 % of all EU agri- food imports;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. considers that the free trade agreement about to be concluded with Canada and those currently under negotiation with the USA and Mercosur or envisaged with Australia and New Zealand will open up the EU market to the most competitive agricultural producers in the world and those with the greatest export potential ; calls therefore on the Commission to defend sensitive agricultural products in a appropriate way;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Uurges the Commission to assess the impact on Europe of fresh trade concessions to third countries and forwardthoroughly assess the cumulative impact on the agri-food sector of current and pending trade concessions to third countries, especially with respect to sensitive products, and to submit its findings to the European Parliament before acceptmaking or makrevising any commercial offermarket access offer; recalls that the Commission also has to present an individual impact assessment for any new proposal for a trade agreement;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that trade agreements should ensure a considers that the EU trade strategy should be coherent with the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the TFEU; warns in this regard against the risk of disrupting the "level playing field" between the differentEU and its tradinge partners in the agricultural sector, taking into account the high environmental, food safety and social costs to be met by European farmers, so as to ensure that the latter are able to benefit fully from the opening of new marketf free trade is introduced without any consideration for the domestic policies conducted on both sides and for the high costs borne by European farmers as a result of strict environmental, food safety and social standards;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Cconsiders that the protection of geographical indications should be a sine qua non in trade negotiations with third countries, especially the USA; calls on the Commission to stand firm on this matter and to not consider GI protection as a substitute for genuine market opening from the other party; considers that sensitive agricultural products should be excluded from any "cumulation of origins" for products imported from third countries with which the EU and its FTA's partners already have a free trade agreement in order to protect the real European origin in the agriculture, instead of opening the EU origin to third countries;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Sstresses the importance of progress regarding sanitary, phytosanitary barrierand other non-tariff barriers to agricultural trade, in all free trade negotiations, paying particular attention to the red lines drawn by the European Union that might have implications for the health of consumers.;
Amendment 124 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. welcomes the realistic assessment of the Commission concerning the persistent lack of progress in the DDA; believes that, even if multilateral negotiations are indispensable, the DDA has clearly not met the expectations of the European agri-food sector despite unilateral concessions from the EU such as those made at the 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi; calls therefore on the EU to define a new and more effective strategy concerning multilateral negotiations at the WTO;
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. believes that, in the conduct of trade negotiations affecting directly European agricultural interests, the Commissioner for agriculture should be recognised as a leading role on all agricultural aspects; considers also that, in the functioning of collegiality in the European Commission, no decision concerning the conclusion of trade agreements should ever be taken against this Commissioner's assessment of the fundamental interests of EU agriculture;