4 Amendments of Paolo DE CASTRO related to 2018/0256M(NLE)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the provisions adopted in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (single CMO) in order to overcome problems encountered in the correct application of the entry prices of fruit and vegetable imports from Morocco are becoming ineffective for the higher categories, the so-called ‘baby’ varieties, which have much higher marketing prices but which are attributed a standard product value upon entry to the EU, as is the case with ‘cherry’ tomatoes; calls on the Commission to put an end to this anomaly;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a proper labelling of these products so as to ensure full traceability;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that, although serious concerns remain regarding competitive disadvantages for EU farmers generated by the initial association agreement, this updated text does not alter the tariff rate quotas and the preferential import regime previously established, while it only provides European producers with a clarification on the geographical scope of the agreement;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the EU and Morocco have negotiated, as set out in the initial agreement concluded in 2012, an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on protecting the geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products that provides for the protection by Morocco of the full list of the EU’s geographical indications; points out, furthermore, that the procedure for concluding the agreement, which began in 2015, was suspended following the Court’s judgment of 21 December 2016; calls for that procedure to be resumed and finalised as soon as possible in conjunction with the conclusion of the agreement considered in this opinion, encompassing some geographical indications and designations of origin which were unduly excluded at the start of the negotiations.