1 Amendments of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2011/2113(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls, furthermore, on the Commission to take the necessary measures to enhance the export potential of the Southern Mediterranean, by helping it achieve regulatory convergence in priority areas for the EU and the region – including competition, investment, and trade related standards and procedures – as well as alignment of the production to the EU standards for quality and food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare in compliance with the reciprocity principle; underlines, however, the imperative of simultaneously protecting sensitive sectors in EU agriculture, particularly those of Mediterranean countries, from the potential of full market liberalisation;