26.11.2019 A9-0037/1

Amendment 1 , Luke Ming Flanagan, , , José Gusmão, , , , Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson, Leila Chaibi on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0037/2019 Bernd Lange draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High-Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 – C9 0107/2019 – 2019/0142M(NLE))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Welcomes this agreement with the 1. Takes note of the agreement with US on the allocation of a share in the TRQ the US on the allocation of a share in the for high-quality beef as a solution to a TRQ for high-quality beef as a solution to longstanding trade dispute, as it sets a a longstanding trade dispute, underlining positive example of a negotiated solution that again it is the agricultural sector between the EU and the US; which must provide the basis for a negotiated solution between the EU and a third partner;

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Amendment 2 Emmanuel Maurel, Luke Ming Flanagan, Manon Aubry, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Stelios Kouloglou, Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson, Leila Chaibi on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0037/2019 Bernd Lange draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High-Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 – C9 0107/2019 – 2019/0142M(NLE))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2

Motion for a resolution Amendment

2. Welcomes and acknowledges the 2. Takes note that other members of fact that the other members of the WTO the WTO that export non-hormone-treated that export non-hormone-treated beef to the beef to the EU and that have negotiated EU agreed to support this agreement by recently or are negotiating FTAs with the accepting that the vast majority of the EU agreed to support this agreement by quota would be allocated to the US; accepting that the vast majority of the acknowledges the fact that, according to quota would be allocated to the US; also the Commission, no compensation has notes that, according to the Commission, been provided to those WTO members for no compensation has been provided to supporting the agreement; those WTO members for supporting the agreement;

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Amendment 3 Emmanuel Maurel, Luke Ming Flanagan, Manon Aubry, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Stelios Kouloglou, Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson, Leila Chaibi on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0037/2019 Bernd Lange draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High-Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 – C9 0107/2019 – 2019/0142M(NLE))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution Amendment

3. Notes that the agreement does not 3. Notes that the agreement does not affect current levels of market access for affect current levels of market access for beef to the EU market and that the overall beef to the EU market and that the overall EU market access quota of non-hormone- EU market access quota of non-hormone- treated beef must not be increased; treated beef must not be increased; acknowledges that the agreement should acknowledges that the agreement should not affect the technical characteristics of not affect the technical characteristics of the quota, as defined in Annex 2 of the quota as defined in Annex 2 of Regulation (EU) 481/201211, including the Regulation (EU) 481/201211, including the quality and traceability of products, in quality and traceability of order to guarantee the highest possible products in order to guarantee the highest level of protection for EU consumers; possible level of protection for EU notes that the agreement does not affect the consumers; notes that this agreement does EU’s ban on imports of beef from animals not affect the European Union’s ban on treated with certain growth hormones; imports of beef from animals treated with ______certain growth hormones; stresses, however, that this agreement encourages 11. Commission Implementing the US beef sector to develop its Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 of 7 June production. and therefore its exports to 2012 laying down rules for the the EU, of High Quality Beef, being in management of a tariff quota for high- direct competition with the most profitable quality beef, OJ L 148, 8.6.2012, p. 9. productions of the European sector, and that those imports are added to those of other trade partners in the framework of other current or future FTAs; therefore

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EN United in diversityEN calls on the Commission and the Member States to take into account the cumulative impact of those trade agreements; 11. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 481/2012 of 7 June 2012 laying down rules for the management of a tariff quota for high- quality beef, OJ L 148, 8.6.2012, p. 9.

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EN United in diversityEN 26.11.2019 A9-0037/4

Amendment 4 Emmanuel Maurel, Luke Ming Flanagan, Manon Aubry, Manuel Bompard, José Gusmão, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Stelios Kouloglou, Matt Carthy, Martina Anderson, Leila Chaibi on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Report A9-0037/2019 Bernd Lange draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota for High-Quality Beef referred to in the Revised Memorandum of Understanding Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union (2014) (10681/2019 – C9 0107/2019 – 2019/0142M(NLE))

Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

4a. Urges the Commission to prepare with the upmost attention the implementation, as from 22 January 2022, of a ban on imports of meat from animals treated with antimicrobial medicinal products used for purposes of promoting growth or increasing yield, in line with Regulation 2019/6 on veterinary products and in order to avoid any new conflict in the WTO, as well as any new tariff rate quota that might be introduced in order to settle such conflicts;

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