11 Amendments of Vicky FORD related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point -i a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point a - point -i a (new)
-ia. to continue and complete negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement delivering considerable systemic benefits while harmonising the trade rules applicable to 70% of global trade in services; specifically the Commission should focus not only on securing existing levels of liberalisation among the parties but also on providing EU businesses and consumers with new market access opportunities while creating new and enhanced regulatory disciplines which are both WTO compatible and open to multilateralisation;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
i. to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations, in particular by allowing access to, where appropriate, to relevant documents and by organising a consultation with Parliament and civil society, citizens, businesses, and other relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
ii. to ensure that before considering the removal of barriers, the agreement seeks to create a level playing field the agreement first and foremost delivers on its potential to create high quality well paid jobs in the European Union, by ensuring the services sector, and has as its main objective to highlight andat high standards and disciplines are further reinforced and improved, with a view to establishing them more firmly at the multilateral level; considers this objective perfectly compatible with maintaining the high level of protection of consumers, workers and the environment enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and existing Consumer acquis;
Amendment 26 #
iii. to ensure that the TiSA provides reciprocal access, notwithstandingguarantees increased market access, and is without prejudice to the right of countries to adopt regulations whichthat are duly justified onby the public policy groundinterest, notably with the inclusion of horizontal provisions, general principles and an explicit recognition of the right to regulate, as is already the case with GATS Article XIV, which in no way has prevented the EU or its Member States from adopting legitimate public policy objectives;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b
Paragraph 2 - point b
b) regarding the protection of public services and services of general interest
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
ii. to maintain the Member States’ freedom to regulate those services at all levels and to provide, commission and fund public services in compliance with the Treaties, as is the case with EU FTAs already negotiated with the Andean Countries, Central America, South Korea, Canada and Singapore; this can be done using known reservations and exemptions which have functioned without issue;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c
Paragraph 2 - point c
c) regarding the services includedcope of the agreement and dispute settlement
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i
i. to ensure that a positive list of services ready to be placed on the market is presented by the Union in order to protect those services not explicitly referred to from being opened up to competitione widest possible inclusion of service sectors in the agreement, in particular the digital service sector, based on the mandate from the Member States, given that services make up around 70% of the EU economy and account for 90% of new job creation, underlining the crucial relevance of finding new market access opportunities for service exports in third countries;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point c - point ii
ii. to ensure that the negotiations comply with the new directives on public procurement and concessions, in particular as regards the definition of public-public cooperation, exclusions and SME accessguarantee that the final agreement respects existing EU law and meets the requirements of the new directives on public procurement and concessions, including the relevant definitions contained therein;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iii
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iii
iii. to ensure reciprocity in the mutual recognition of professional qualifications, in particular by establishing a legal framework, and that mobility is promoted by making it easier for professionals in the sectors covered by the agreement to obtain visaseek visas, recognising the varying sensitivities around different sectoral labour mobility, and that these considerations be taken into account in negotiations;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point c - point iv a (new)
iva. to ensure the inclusion of a strong dispute settlement mechanism which should aim at ensuring the continued commitment of the parties to respecting and observing mutually agreed rules and openings;