Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2014/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) FR
Amendments (32)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the TTIP is above all about regulation10 , aboutaims to reducinge or eliminatinge non-tariff barriers11 , and as such abouttherefore has an effect on the level of protection of human health, animal health and the environment; __________________ 10See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.http://trade.ec.europa. eu/doclib/docs/2014/december/tradoc_152 942.pdf 11 See 2014 report on Technical Barriers to Trade by the US Trade Representative, p. 45.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Having regard the results of Eurobarometer from November 2014 on the transatlantic trade and investment agreement;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas particular attention needs to be paid to a number of major differences in terms of competitiveness and agricultural practices between the EU and the United States, with a view to preserving the European agricultural model and ensuring its economic and social viability;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas respect for food safety and human and animal, animal and plant health standards will be a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agriculture;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas for European agriculture respect for food safety and human and animal health standards will beis a fundamental tenet of the negotiations for European agricultureand a red line for the negotiations;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleading on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns about the TTIP by stating that existing standards willimperative that existing EU standards concerning health and food are not be lowered, asnd this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)at the TTIP must take account, both in pre-agreement negotiations and following ratification, of changes to the provisions contained in these standards;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the transparency initiatives undertaken by Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and agrees that they are supporting the public debate on TTIP;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of standards on food safety and human and animal health, crop protection and plant health, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of current and future standards on food safety and human and animal health, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined, and to ensuring that the final deal down not hamper in any way new developments in EU law and negotiations thereon between EU decision-makers;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedPoints out that the TTIP negotiations shave already affected Commission proposals and actions relating, for example, to food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; implementation of the fuel quality directive)ll not affect proposals and actions of the Commission, existing legislation of the EU in the area of food safety and climate protection and the independent decision taking of the European Parliament;
Amendment 143 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
c. ensure a positive final outcome of the negotiations for agriculture (which means, inter alia, that agriculture must on no account become a bargaining chip to be used in securing agreement on other points for negotiation) reflecting both the offensive and defensive interests of the EU agricultural sector concerning the abolition or reduction of both tariff and non-tariff barriers, including in particular sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures, so that EU producers make genuine gains in terms of access to the US market;
Amendment 146 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is very concernedConsiders that the objective of regulatory convergence and the cooperation and dialogue between regulatory authorities, including in particular the creation of a Regulatory Cooperation Council, will lead to a lowering of futurconfirm and strengthen the EU standards in key areas ofor the protection of human health, food safety and the environment in light of the significant differences as compared with the USwithin an open, fair, modern and global trade policy system. This is a fundament for setting global standards by the EU and the US, which are representing 50% of world`s GDP and one third of world trade; calls that this instrument shall not influence the independence of the European legislative competences;
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which direct competition or excessive divergences of standards would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive pressure, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU diverge from those in the US, this situation justifying the exclusion of the products in question from the negotiations;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.there should not be a trade-off between the economic goals and the people's health, safety and the environment; agrees further with the Commissioner that where Europe and the United States have very different rules, there will be no agreement, such as GMOs, the use of hormone in bovine sector, REACH and Cloning; __________________
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks for an adequate legal protection of European GIs in the US market and the end of misleading use of GIs;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for a regulatory framework on pesticides, which puts consumers safety first, enhances cooperation between authorities in the assessment procedures and methodologies for risk evaluation, and establishes a pest management cooperation in order to avoid animal and plant pests, which can cause unproportionate trade barriers;
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Calls on the US side to lift the ban on beef imports from the EU;
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Calls on the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that wouldpay particular attention to the provisions of the TTIP which might have an impact on the following European policies:
Amendment 198 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secure significantly improeffectived protection of EU geographical indications and better consumer information as an essential element of a balanced agreement, taking the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good examplea prohibition on the use of misleading information and fraudulent practices aimed at consumers with regard to the genuine origin of products as an essential element of a balanced agreement, without which the agreement cannot be accepted;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – indent 1
– involve regulation of chemicals and pesticides,
Amendment 209 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – indent 2
– affect the EU’s integrated approach to food safety, including EU legislation on European legislation on food safety and relating to GMOs,
Amendment 218 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
– encourage or facilitate the extraction, transportation or use of fossil fuels, in particular unconventional ones, or hinder the achievement of EU or US climate and energy targets;
Amendment 271 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. The fight against the development of antimicrobial resistance being a priority issue for public and animal health, calls for the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to be integrated with negotiation of the TTIP.
Amendment 287 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and uUrges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particulartexts of the negotiations, especially to the consolidated onestexts.
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) to ensure that the market access offers in the different areas are equally ambitious and reflect both parties’ expectations, as market access for industrial goods, agricultural products, services and public procurement is equally important in all cases and a balance is needed between the different proposals for these areas; to ensure also that the sensitive nature of certain products and sectors, particularly agricultural products, is taken into account; to examine and analyse whether it would be appropriate to exclude from the negotiations products judged to be sensitive, for which there is excessive divergence in standards and the conditions for fair competition cannot be ensured.
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) to aim at the elimination of all duty tariffs, while respecting sensitive products on both sides; to agree in particular that appropriate transitional periods and tariff quotas should be negotiated and implemented for agricultural products;
Amendment 526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that the negotiations on rules of origin aim at reconciling the EU and US approaches; given the conclusion of the negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between EU and Canada and the potential upgrade of the EU-Mexico free trade agreement, the possibility and scope of cumulation will need to be considered, so as to minimise them;
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv a (new)
(xiva) adds that, in addition to product origin, the EU should highlight the know- how and tradition protected by European Geographical Indications (GI) so that full recognition of the scheme on both sides of the Atlantic allows its continued existence alongside brands; emphasises that these concerns could extend to Geographical Indications of non-agricultural products; draws attention to the need to find a solution during the negotiations to the issue of the counterfeiting and misuse of brand awareness of prestige products, so as to end these abuses in relation to the access of such products to the market;
Amendment 571 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) to base negotiations on SPS and TBT measures on the key principles of the multilateral SPS and TBT agreements and to protect European sanitary and phytosanitary standards and procedures; to aim in the first place at increasing transparency and openness, strengthening dialogue between regulators and strengthening cooperation in international standards-setting bodies; to recognise, in negotiations on SPS and TBT measures, the right of both parties to manage risk in accordance with the level either deems appropriate in order to protect human, animal or plant life or health; to respect and uphold the sensitivities and fundamental values of either side, such as the EU’s precautionary principle;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources, while encouraging research to improve the environmental impact of new energy extraction methods;
Amendment 805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv a (new)
(xva) to ensure that European Geographical Indications, which offer a guarantee of origin, traceability and European know-how, are protected and will not be open to challenge; to ensure that fraudulent and misleading use of European Geographical Indications is prohibited;