– having regard to the EU’s textual proposals tabled for discussion with the US in the TTIP negotiating rounds, in particular those which have been declassified and made public by the Commission, inter alia the EU position papers entitled ‘TTIP regulatory issues - engineering industries’ , ‘Test–case on functional equivalence: proposed methodology for automotive regulatory equivalence’ , and ‘Trade and sustainable development chapter/labour and environment: EU paper outlining key issues and elements for provisions in the TTIP’ , and the textual proposals on technical barriers to trade (TBT) , sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) , c ...[+++]ustoms and trade facilitation , small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , possible provisions on competition , possible provisions on state enterprises and enterprises granted special or exclusive rights or privileges , possible provisions on subsidies , and dispute settlement , initial provisions on regulatory cooperation ,

– having regard to the EU’s textual proposals tabled for discussion with the US in the TTIP negotiating rounds, in particular those which have been declassified and made public by the Commission, inter alia the EU position papers entitled ‘TTIP regulatory issues - engineering industries’ , ‘Test–case on functional equivalence: proposed methodology for automotive regulatory equivalence’ , and ‘Trade and sustainable development chapter/labour and environment: EU paper outlining key issues and elements for provisions in the TTIP’ , and the textual proposals on technical barriers to trade (TBT) , sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS) , c ...[+++]ustoms and trade facilitation , small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , possible provisions on competition , possible provisions on state enterprises and enterprises granted special or exclusive rights or privileges , possible provisions on subsidies , and dispute settlement , initial provisions on regulatory cooperation ,

It is a summary of the fundamental values on which the European Union is founded, a summary that is recognised and that is included in Part II of the draft Constitution prepared by the Convention.

This text is, therefore, a synthesis of the various positions held in this Parliament in relation to the reform of the CFP, and when it comes to evaluating it there will be certain people who consider that the glass is half full and others that the glass is half empty.

The Union has, in fact, expressed its disappointment at the United States’ refusal to accept the synthesis text presented by the chairman of the special group.

Besides, police should have better possibilities to conduct cross-border pursuits, not only for more types of crime, but also have the means to effectively transfer the pursued wrongdoers to the competent local authorities, always in compliance with the relevant legal instruments regarding judicial cooperation in criminal matters.