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I sine konklusioner opfordrer Udvalget om Retlige Anliggender og Borgernes Rettigheder Europa-Parlamentet til at erklære, at det ikke kan godkende en aftale, der vil be tyde afskaffelsen af EU-lovgivning, og det insisterer der for på brugen af undtagelsesbestemmelser samt på indføjelse af en klausul om en organisation for regional økonomisk integration.
The MAI could give rise to a substantial erosion of the sovereignty of states, which would be transferred to businesses able to challenge any choice of country in which they are investing, denouncing it as discriminatory, as a form of a priori expropriation of a potential future profit.
Udvalget kan ikke acceptere at godkende en aftale, som vil hindre en yderligere harmonisering af EU-lovgivningen og insisterer derfor på, at der indsættes en klausul om en organisation for regional øko nomisk integration, der giver mulighed for nye harmoni serede foranstaltninger, f.eks. miljølovgivning vedtaget inden for rammerne af en sådan organisation som erstatning for foranstaltninger, som de pågældende lande tidligere har anvendt.
Any regulation aimed at protecting the health of its own citizens, at protecting the environment, at protecting the social standards guaranteed for workers by laws and collective agreements or (a very important aspect of the problem) at safeguarding its own identity and culture
McKenna kan tvinge EU til at ændre sin fremgangsmåde med hen syn til forvaltning af fiskeriet for at tage hensyn til andre landes eller endda andre virksomheders ønsker.
Not to mention an other dramatic consequence: the prohibition of establish ing any incentive designed to reduce regional imbalances or direct resources towards certain aims.
Jeg ved, sir Leon Brittan, at De måske ikke er særlig glad for det, fordi De mener, at det absolut er fornuftigt at få en pakke, som giver OECD-staterne en investeringssikkerhed, navnlig investorerne.
tions and governments to the strategies and interests of transnational companies by the specific creation of arbitration bodies in which these very companies could have the countries condemned.
Det bestrider vi heller ikke, men vi stiller det spørgsmål, om det ikke er mere tilrådeligt at gøre dette inden for rammerne af WTO som helhed.
Thirdly, as Mrs Castellina has just said, the discussions currently underway in the OECD obviously belong to the wealthy club; the most vulnerable countries - developing countries - are excluded, when in fact they are the ones most at the mercy of the multinationals' strategies.
Vi nærer en sund skepsis, som vedrører nogle punkter, og som for øvrigt.deles af de fleste af de stater, der er med i forhandlingerne.
This is a draft which can not be corrected superficially or content itself with exemptions, but whose very principles must be fundamentally reviewed.
Hvis Kommissionen f.eks. besluttede at begrænse fiske riet for at give fiskeressourcerne mulighed for at blive genopbygget, vil andre lande eller store virksomheder så kunne hævde, at dette var uretfærdigt og på den måde til sidesætte Fællesskabets beslutning? Vil EU miste kon trollen med sine egne ressourcer?
This calls into ques tion the very notion of regional economic integration or ganizations, although they are respected within the frame work of the WTO, under the 'REIO' clause, which, in the draft MAI, seems to be extremely lacking in efficacy.
Udvalget lagde stor vægt på, at EU må bevare evnen til at udforme og gen nemføre politikker til bevaring af fiskeressourcerne og forvaltning af Fællesskabets fiskeri.
Firstly, one of the basic clauses, the prohibition of per formance requirements, completely contradicts the idea of a specific targeted policy against severe unemployment in the relevant regions.
Kommissionen for sikrede udvalget om, at denne bekymring var ubegrundet, og at man ville tage de nødvendige forbehold for at sikre, at EU bevarer sin uafhængighed. Men hvor sikre vil disse forbehold være?
In granting permission to an investor, the condition could not be made that regional staff must be employed, or that there must be preferential con tracts with regional companies, or anything of that kind.
Vi må ikke glemme, at virkningerne af denne aftale vil vare mindst tyve år, og at der uden tvivl vil blive lagt me get pres på os for at få ophævet forbeholdene.
Finally, another worrying question: why was the OECD chosen for these negotiations?
Det ene punkt vedrører, hvis jeg må nævne det i korthed, den brede definition på, hvad investering er.
It would have been far more appropriate to examine the matter within the WTO, since the OECD has an entirely different function.
Selvom udtalelsen fra Fiskeriudvalget kun vedrører fiske riet, kan man let forestille sig, at situationen vil være den samme for andre ressourcers vedkommende: F.eks. inden for udvindingsindustrien, skovbrug, landbrug, minedrift osv. På samme måde svarer EU's bekymringer sandsynligvis til de bekymringer, man har rundt om i verden.
The mobilization generated by the 'discovery' of the MAI in European civilian society, particularly in the world of culture, and in the USA, where the NGOs have begun a real campaign of denouncement, has already had the effect of postponing the conclusion of the agreement.
Jeg har her en hel række kritiske punkter, som jeg des værre ikke kan komme ind på nu.
My third example concerns the principle of non-discrimination, or national treatment.
Det ville glæde mig -og jeg ved, at Kommissionen er informeret derom - der som De ville tage dette med i Deres forhandlinger, og jeg vil gerne endnu en gang anmode om, at De ikke afslutter forhandlingerne nu til maj.
What would happen in the former countries of eastern Europe or in a country like Brazil if, in the process of land redistribution by privatization of collective farms or to meet the requirements of the indigenous peoples or landless peasant farmers, the same priority was given to multinationals as to the populations concerned?
Valdivielso de Cué (PPE). - (ES) Hr. formand, jeg vil indlede mit indlæg med at lykønske ordfører Kreissl-Dörfler med den fremragende betænkning, som han har udarbejdet. bejdet.
The unanimous vote, apart from one abstention, in the Committee on External Economic Relations and the com mittees called upon to give an opinion, whose amend ments have been included in full, will I hope serve as ad vice for the European negotiators in their measures de signed, if not to reject the agreement itself (as not just our group but also many others in this Parliament would like) at least to drastically review the wording of the draft un der discussion.
Han har her forelagt et udmærket stykke arbejde, og han har tillige taget initiativet til denne be tænkning, ellers ville denne betænkning sandsynligvis, dersom vi ikke - også fra udvalgets side - havde handlet hurtigt, være gået uden om ikke kun Europa-Parlamentet, den ville heller ikke have haft den signalvirkning over for de nationale parlamenter, som den nu har.
Mr Kreissl-Dörfler's report is an excellent one be cause it puts its finger on these very issues, and I think Parliament would promote its own cause by voting in favour of it by a very large majority.
Indgåelsen og undertegnelsen af den multilaterale investeringsaftale vil uden tvivl give signatarlandene den før ste multilaterale ramme, som på bredeste vis regulerer be tingelserne og behandlingen af internationale investeringer, hvor denne brede beskrivelse omfatter direkte investeringer, lån, intellektuel ejendomsret, licenser, autorisationer og hele det brede område med rettigheder og forpligtelser, som vi har at gøre med inden for handelsverdenen. verdenen.
Lannoye (V). - (FR) Madam President, the exponential world increase in foreign investments surely justifies set ting up a global regulatory framework, not to place the emphasis on liberalization, but to direct the initiatives of transnational associations towards socially and ecologically durable development.
Min gruppe har stillet et ændringsforslag, og jeg håber, at alle grupper har taget det til efterretning.
The current draft does not tackle this issue at all for three reasons.
Vi anmoder om, at vi opfordrer de nationale regeringer og dernæst også parlamenterne til i maj ikke at stemme for afslutningen af forhandlingerne og indgåelsen af denne aftale.
The draft under discussion, in which the Com mission is actively involved, aims to provide maximum security for investors and only takes into account the in terests of the populations concerned as a secondary issue.
Sir Leon Brittan er til stede, og jeg håber, at han vil opfatte dette som et signal også til Kommissionen.
Secondly, all the basic principles and conditions proposed result in political institutions being deprived of the nor mal prerogatives they would have in a democratic regime, and also result in legally subjecting democratic institu
Vi mener, det er nødvendigt nu at udsende et signal, som forbereder regeringerne og offentligheden og tillige de nationale parlamenter derpå og gør det klart og tydeligt for dem, hvad der egentlig er genstand for denne aftale, og at det er påtrængende nødvendigt at forhandle videre for
Leperre-Verrier (ARE). - (FR) Madam President, doubtless there were a thousand good reasons why the representatives of the OECD devised this multilateral agreement without the slightest degree of transparency. But some of these reasons, and certainly not the least of them, oblige us to reject this new economic order which they want to impose upon us.
I betragtning af den betydning, som udenlandske investe ringer har i dagens økonomi på grund af den stigende globalisering, som vi oplever, kan vi antage, at rammeaftalen om investeringer vil betyde det samme for investeringsområdet, som GATT i sin tid betød for handelen, altså
Of course we can easily un derstand the advantages of such an agreement for the multinationals, all the more so since this draft, which could be summarized by the principle 'the countries fulfil their ob ligations and the investors reap the benefits', offers them definite guarantees.
Det Europæiske Råd bør konsulteres efter proceduren om samstemmende udtalelse om indgåelsen af MAI på vegne af Den Europæiske Union i overensstemmelse med traktatens artikel 228, stk. 3,2. afsnit.
For by creating a real threat to national sovereignty this agreement risks eventually call ing into question the rights of peoples and their social and environmental demands.
Denne aftale giver garantier til virksomhederne og til staterne, og det forventes, at dens regler vil blive udbredt i hele verden.
We all know that if economic interests gain ascendancy over political ones, democracy will suffer.
Vi må udvise investeringssolidaritet i hele verden.
The only proof I need is the way in which this agreement has been negotiated.
Jeg mener endvidere, at det under alle omstændigheder er af afgørende betydning, at de nationale regeringer og par lamenter er opmærksomme på deres kontrolfunktioner i forbindelse med forelæggelsen af udkastet.
Mr Kreissl-Dörfler shows clearly that what is at issue with the MAI is not just the defence of a sector of activity as important as culture: it is a method, a logic, the division into hierarchies of the players on the international scene.
Denne op mærksomhed er absolut afgørende for den kulturelle sek tor som helhed, for kulturpolitikken har brug for et eget område og en særlig behandling, der ikke blot kan reduceres til rent økonomiske mekanismer.
Organizing protection for investors is essentially a national responsibility and should remain so, even if close coordination between the Fifteen ought to allow the pursuit of a number of common goals.
Denne særbehandling er næppe mulig inden for den multilaterale investe ringsaftale, i hvert tilfælde ikke på det nuværende stade af forhandlingerne, og det vil derfor være hensigtsmæssigt at udelukke den kulturelle sektor fra MAI-aftalen. Dette skal imidlertid ikke forstås som en protektionistisk hold ning: Vi bør holde op med at være bange for USA, for vi redder ikke den europæiske kultur ved at lukke den inde i en niche.
Here I would mention in particular: the condemnation of legislation which has an impact beyond a country's own borders; the banning of any form of competition which aims to attract investment by lowering social standards or rules for environmental protection; and the inability of an investment arbitration body to dismantle the clauses of a common policy, such as policies on agriculture or fishing, to attack cultural exception, or to challenge the decision of an internal or com munity jurisdiction which has the strength of having had judgement passed on it.
Og vi håber, at denne betænkning netop på grund af den tillidserklæring, som den vil modtage af Parlamentet, vil blive taget i betragtning af Europa-Kommissionen her lige før den kommende forhandling og undertegnelse af aftalen i april, da vi, som ordføreren alle rede har sagt, vil se, om der bliver taget hensyn til Parla mentet.
It is critical that the legitimate right of the investor to have his investment protected is not transformed into an absolute right to invest without any restriction applying in terms of legislation and regulation, to the detriment of re sponsibilities and countries.
Plooij-Van Gorsel (ELDR). - (NL) Fru formand, kolleger, hr. kommissær, Den Liberale Gruppe lægger stor vægt på oprettelsen af MAI.
What would become of our common agricultural policy, our European social model, or even our cultural identities, if the MAI were to be applied tomorrow?
Internationale investeringer repræsenterer beløb på tusind milliarder dollar om året.
So we must wel come the initiative taken by the Committee on External Economic Relations and thank Mr Kreissl-Dörfler for his excellent work.
Vokser verdenshandelen med 78 % årligt, vokser investeringerne dobbelt så hurtigt.
Furthermore, our group will not hesitate to vote for his report, but it would also be good if the Council took a stand.
Internationale investeringer er ved at blive vigtigere end international handel.
In the same way, Commissioner, we expect the Commission, which is participating in the negotiations, to continue in its efforts, but always using reason and wisdom, for it is our European Community at stake and it is critical that we defend our cultural exception. tion.
Vi -og jeg vil mene, at Parlamentet generelt og i dette til fælde EKST-Udvalget i særdeleshed - har ofte det ind tryk-jeg tror, det er en holdning, der deles af mange - at vi forsøger at arbejde, vi forsøger at udarbejde aftaler og betænkninger, og at Kommissionen i sidste ende negligerer det.
Within the current logic of thé MAI, countries would be limited to guaranteeing investors the full use of their in vestments, while national and Community legislation which aims to preserve the environment and social conditions would be considered a priori as potential obstacles to investment.
Jeg glæder mig her over, at sir Leon Brittan er til stede, så jeg kan bede ham om at lytte til os, at være op mærksom på os og tage os i betragtning.
This is the logic on which the current MAI negotiations and its framework are based, with develop ing countries being excluded.
I øjeblikket findes der mere end 1 800 bilaterale traktater.
This cultural exception, acquired at a high price during the GATT negotiations, must be extended to the MAI.
MAI er et vellykket initiativ med henblik på at opnå multilaterale aftaler om investeringer, i første instans mellem OECD-landene, men traktaten kan udvides med andre lande.
Also, the agreements which govern intellectual property rights must be maintained be cause, ladies and gentlemen, it is high time we realized that the world is not a huge game of Monopoly and that our cultural fate should not be determined by the throw of a dice.
Selvom der under forhandlingerne blev trukket mange politisk vanskelige sager inden for rammen af MAI, er der nu opnået enighed på de fleste punkter.
Sichrovsky (NI). - (DE) Madam President, we too wel come the debate on this report.
Men nu trækker USA i håndbremsen og påstår, at de skal have mere tid.
With a few exceptions we also find it a very interesting and highly intelligent piece of work.
Er denne frihandelsnation »pur sang« gået fra sin tro?
Of course it would be good if the environmental, social and structural conditions prevailing in Europe and the West applied to the rest of the world, so that investors had to respect them worldwide.
Baldi (UPE). - (IT) Fru formand, kære kolleger, vi er po sitivt stemt over for idéen om liberalisering af investeringer, der fremmer konkurrenceevnen og den europæiske økonomi. Det er klart, at en aftale herom bør respektere de principper og grundlag, som Europa er opbygget på.
Souchet (I-EDN). - (FR) Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to congratulate the Committee on External Economic Relations.
Of fentligheden bør informeres klart og gennemskueligt om forhandlingerne, især bør dette gælde de nationale parla menter, der spiller en afgørende rolle i forbindelse med anvendelsen af de internationale aftaler.
So, three years after negotiations started, we in the European Parliament are today having the first debate on the MAI to be held in a parliamentary setting.
Den multilaterale investeringsaftale bør også tage hensyn til EU's lovgivning og ikke hindre en yderligere harmonisering heraf, og
I would also like to congratulate the rapporteur, who kept the text coherent despite attacks by large groups for which the taste for compromise at any price and the weakening of any proposition have become second nature.
Mit sidste punkt, kolleger, drejer sig om EU's kompentece ved indgåelsen af internationale traktater.
There is no denying that modernization of infrastructure and communications systems throughout the world has created enormous competition for inward investment.
Artikel 113 giver ikke Kommissionen eksplicitte beføjelser til at undertegne MAI på vegne af medlemsstaterne.
In vestors acting on behalf of their shareholders will always pick those locations which promise the most profit.
konkurrenceforvridning inden for Unionen og for at ude lukke forskelsbehandling vedrørende investeringer an moder jeg mine kolleger om at støtte ændringsforslag 11 fra Den Liberale Gruppe.
The question that the report does not resolve is how Eu rope can play its part in securing an economic upturn in the third world without laying down the law to how this upturn is to be achieved.
Dette ændringsforslag tilsigter, at EU bliver fuldt medlem af MAI.
The restrictions that would apply in the area of culture are a problem.
Vi henstiller derfor også til medlemsstaterne, at de ikke godkender slutteksten, inden EU er sikret fuldt medlemskab af MAI.
I can only refer to the Dutch government's re port, which says 'Don't get yourself a suit of armour, stiffen your backbone instead'.
Jeg spørger sir Leon: Er dette koordineret i Rådet med med lemsstaterne?
The report goes on to ask: 'has the national contact point in your country consulted the trade unions on its terms of reference?'.
Hvilken procedure skal der helt nøjagtigt følges?
The Swedish national contact point is the only one to consult trade unions proactively.
Jeg vil meget gerne høre sir Leons svar på dette.
The Belgian national contact point does so reactively and all other affiliates replied negatively.
Det er paradoksalt, at man, efter årtiers opslidende arbejde med at skabe et Fællesskab og harmonisere reglerne i EU og efter at have gjort sig alle disse anstrengelser for at få ansøgerlandene i Østeuropa til at overtage EU's re gelværk, nu vil bringe alt dette til ophør og dermed sætte spørgsmålstegn ved selve eksistensen af regionale organisationer, der skal søge at integrere økonomierne, på trods af at dette forhold skal respekteres inden for rammerne af Verdenshandelsorganisationen gennem »RAIO«-klausu-len, som imidlertid i udkastet til MAI-aftalen synes at være helt tømt for betydning.
The measures for regulating foreign investment called for in the report must not, however, be allowed to generate a situation in which open competition is possible in every area of culture. The same people who were critical of American companies getting their hands on EU money would certainly have nothing against American companies putting money into European films.
Castellina (GUE/NGL). - (IT) Fru formand, Europa-Parlamentet skal nu til at stemme om beslutningen i be tænkning af hr. Kreissl-Dörfler, som er af den allerstørste betydning, både hvad formen og indholdet angår. Vi skal nå frem til retningslinjer om disse forhandlinger med enorme konsekvenser, som nu i næsten 3 år er gennemført under en form for halvvejs fortrolighed.
Can I also ask the Commission to look at the question of portfolio investment, because whilst we are talking about foreign direct investment many of these companies have their results as a result of the portfolio investment of shareholders?
Aftalen skulle faktisk have været indgået, uden at offentligheden eller parlamenterne fik lejlighed til at stifte fuldt bekendtskab med omfanget af dens virkninger.
We have a lot of catching up to do in this area, and this needs detailed examination.
Mistanken om, at valget er truffet, fordi kun de 29 rigeste og stærkeste lande har sæde i OECD, er så stærk og udbredt, at der er grund til at sætte et stort spørgsmålstegn ved selve de institutioner, der foregiver at have ret til at regulere globaliseringen, især Verdenshandelsorganisationen selv.
Can the Commission advise us if it is going to consider at these negotiations, and encourage the Member States to take up, assurances that the trustees of many of the pension and occupational funds and insurance funds are actually consulted prior to any investment taking place in any of the companies operating under the multilateral agree ment on investment in many of the countries which, at present, are not being served very well by the voluntary guidelines? This would be a step towards democracy and the Commission should embrace it.
Den mobilisering, som »opdagelsen« af MAI har medført i de europæiske samfund, især inden for kulturens verden, og i USA, hvor de ikkestatslige organisationer har iværksat en egentlig modkampagne, har allerede ført til, at ind gåelsen af aftalen er blevet udsat.
We support in particular paragraphs 5, 14, 23 and paragraph 15 on OECD guidelines. May I say at this point, irrespective of where future discussions on investment procedures are held, whether it be at the OECD, the WTO, or UNCTAD, we would appreciate it if those who are in charge of our affairs would be a bit more transparent in their handling of them.
Jeg håber, at den enstemmige vedtagelse, bortset fra en enkelt hverken/eller-stemme, i Udvalget om Eksterne Økonomiske Anliggender og i de rådgivende udvalg, hvis ændringsforslag alle er blevet overtaget af det korresponderende udvalg, vil hjælpe de europæiske forhandlere til om ikke at afvise aftalen - sådan som ikke alene vores gruppe, men også mange andre her i Parlamentet ønsker - så til i det mindste drastisk at ændre ordlyden af det ud kast, der nu forhandles.
Porto (PPE). - (PT) Madam President, the marked an nual increase of 11 % in direct foreign investment is im pressive, and far in excess of that of the other basic eco nomic variables, standing at twice the growth of trade and four times the growth of products over the past decade. It is, therefore, surprising that no multilateral code of con duct exists in this connection.
Lannoye (V). - (FR) Fru formand, mangedoblingen af udenlandske investeringer i hele verden retfærdiggør så afgjort indførelsen af en verdensomspændende lovgivningsmæssig ramme, ikke for at fremhæve liberaliseringen, men derimod for at lede initiativerne fra de transnationale selskaber mod en udvikling, der er bæredygtig i social og miljømæssig forstand.
Furthermore, in terms of space, having channelled investment towards the more disadvantaged areas, it has served as an equilibrating factor by anchoring la bour that would otherwise have been obliged to emigrate, with heavy human and social costs. In this regard, the multinationals' strategy of locating subcontracting units in different countries and regions has been important.