# EU/Central America Association Agreement: implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas

European Parliament procedure 2011/0263(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee AGRI / INTA). Stage: Procedure completed. 30 committee amendments tabled by 14 Members between 2012-03-06 and 2012-04-16.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative proposal implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the banana stabilisation mechanism of the EU/Central America Association Agreement. Amendments add provisions on monitoring import and export statistics of Central American products including bananas, initiating safeguard investigations, protecting the Union's outermost regions under Article 349 TFEU, annual Commission reporting, defining 'serious deterioration', referencing International Labour Organization standards, and trigger import volumes.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Younous OMARJEE | France | GUE/NGL | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/30482.md |
| Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96763.md |
| María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA | Spain | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/111496.md |
| Mário DAVID | Portugal | PPE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96973.md |
| Marielle DE SARNEZ | France | ALDE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4335.md |
| Tokia SAÏFI | France | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4345.md |
| Damien ABAD | France | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96850.md |
| Franck PROUST | France | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/108080.md |
| Emma McCLARKIN | United Kingdom | ECR | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96919.md |
| Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA | Spain | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96986.md |
| Maria BADIA i CUTCHET | Spain | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28342.md |
| Daniel CASPARY | Germany | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28219.md |
| Marc TARABELLA | Belgium | NI | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/29579.md |
| Luís Paulo ALVES | Portugal | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96976.md |

## Official source documents

- PE483.768: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-483.768+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE487.732: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-487.732+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0263-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0263-COD.json

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