Amen­dement Hazekamp: aanbe­ve­lingen aan de Europese Commissie voor de onder­han­de­lingen over TTIP (PETI/5)

Jarosław Wałęsa
Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Draft opinion
(2014/2228(INI)

Committee on Petitions

Amendment 20

Marina Albiol Guzmán, Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
Ángela Vallina

Draft opinion
Recital D

Draft opinion

D. whereas the Committee on Petitions has received a number of petitions raising concerns about the EU-US trade agreement (TTIP); whereas the petitioners’ main concerns are related to risks regarding the quality of food imports, information allegedly collected by the US regarding natural and legal persons (the right of EU citizens to ‘digital self-determination’), transparency, economic impact, and protection of investors via the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS);

Amendment

D. whereas the Committee on Petitions has received many petitions, most of them expressing their concerns and rejection of the EU-US trade agreement (TTIP); whereas the petitioners' main areas of concern and rejection are related to risks regarding the quality of food imports, information allegedly collected by the US regarding natural and legal persons (the right of EU citizens to ‘digital self-determination’), transparency, negative economic impact, consequences on employment, public services, social and workers' rights, animal welfare and the loss of democratic sovereignty due to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS);