Application and enforcement of international trade rules (A7-0308/2013 - Niccolò Rinaldi)
Claudette Abela Baldacchino (S&D), in writing. - This is a highly important piece of legislation which will streamline the EU’s ability to act quickly and more efficiently with measures to enforce its trading rights coming from dispute settlement decisions. Not only will this protect EU industry more effectively, it will also encourage greater compliance from trading partners. The vote was on the outcome of a trilogue, and the EP team had to fight hard to protect Parliament’s right of scrutiny and for a review of the legislation in three years’ time.