4 Amendments of Catherine BEARDER related to 2011/0117(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The general arrangement should be granted to all those developing countries which share a common developing need and are in a similar stage of economic development. Countries which are classified by the World Bank as high- income or upper-middle income countries have per capita incomeand have a Human Development Index (HDI) which is very high or high, have per capita income levels, and economic development levels allowing them to attain higher levels of diversification without the scheme’s tariff preferences and include economies which have successfully completed their transition from centralised to market economies. Those countries do not share the same development, trade and financial needs as the remaining developing countries; they are at a different stage of economic development, i.e. they are not similarly-situated as the more vulnerable developing countries; and, so as to prevent unjustified discrimination, they need to be treated differently. Furthermore, the use of tariff preferences provided under the scheme by high-income or upper- middle income countries increases the competitive pressure on exports from poorer, more vulnerable countries and therefore could impose unjustifiable burden on those more vulnerable developing countries. The general arrangement takes account of the fact that the development, financial and trade needs are subject to change and assures that the arrangement remains open if the situation of a country changes. For the sake of consistency, the tariff preferences granted under the general arrangement should not be extended to developing countries which are benefiting from a preferential market access arrangement with the European Union, which provides at least the same level of tariff preferences as the scheme for substantially all trade. To provide a beneficiary country and economic operators with time for an orderly adaptation, the general arrangement should continue to be granted for two years as from the date of application of a preferential market access arrangement and this date should be specified in the list of beneficiary countries of the general arrangement.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country and it has been classified as having a very high or high level of human development under the Human Development Index during three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) with respect to animal protection, serious infringement of Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing, and/or Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Table
Annex V – Table