Assessment of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership's impact on the outermost regions

20.3.2014

Question for written answer P-003418-14
to the Commission
Rule 117
Luís Paulo Alves (S&D)

The scope and major impact throughout the EU and its regions of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and the United States makes it necessary for a series of assessments to be carried out in relation to it.

Article 32(4) of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 (OJ L 32, 20.3.2013, p. 4) states that: ‘The Commission shall include a specific chapter in the analyses, studies and assessments it carries out in the context of trade agreements and the common agricultural policy for any topic in which the outermost regions have a particular interest’.

1. In light of this, will the studies being carried out by the Commission take into account the impact of this trade agreement on the outermost regions, pursuant to Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013?

2. What results and conclusions have already been reached in relation to this matter?

3. If the results of this study have yet to be finalised, when does the Commission expect to be able to present them?

OJ C 341, 30/09/2014