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lpv:speaker	lp:Karel De Gucht⁶
lpv:spoken text	"Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@en⁴
lpv:translated text	"Odpovím opravdu velice stručně, neboť o tomto tématu bychom mohli vést dlouhé debaty. Chtěl bych jen poznamenat, že dohody o volném obchodu mezi Evropskou unií a Kolumbií a Peru byly skutečně nedávno uzavřeny, nebyly však ještě formálně parafovány. Dohoda nyní prochází právním přezkumem, abychom se ujistili, že je její znění soudržné a že její anglická a španělská verze si odpovídá. Tento proces bude zakončen letos na podzim, a jakmile bude její znění jednajícími stranami parafováno, Komise ji předloží Radě k podpisu a uzavření dohody o volném obchodu. Dohoda o volném obchodu bude formálně předložena Radou Evropskému Parlamentu k souhlasu po té, co bude přijato rozhodnutí Rady ji podepsat. Nyní je těžké odhadnout přesné datum, bude to však pravděpodobně ve druhé polovině roku 2011. Není zatím jasné, zda budou k přijetí dohod vyzvány vnitrostátní parlamenty. Jakmile bude konsolidováno konečné znění dohody, Komise prozkoumá, zda bude zapotřebí její ratifikace vnitrostátními parlamenty. Vezme při tom v úvahu nové rozdělení pravomocí mezi Evropskou unií a členskými státy vyplývající z Lisabonské smlouvy. Mohu potvrdit, že dohoda s Kolumbií i s Peru obsahuje rozsáhlou klauzuli o lidských právech. Jelikož tato klauzule představuje zásadní prvek vztahů s těmito zeměmi, může její porušení vést k jednostrannému pozastavení platnosti dohody bez předchozí konzultace. Takové pozastavení by proběhlo z rozhodnutí kvalifikované většiny Rady po návrhu Komise nebo vysokého představitele pro zahraniční věci a bezpečnostní politiku, jak je uvedeno v odstavci 9 článku 218 Smlouvy o fungování Evropské unie. Celé znění dohody včetně klauzule o lidských právech bylo předloženo Výboru pro mezinárodní obchod po té, co byla jednání v březnu tohoto roku uzavřena."@cs¹ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@da² "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@de⁹ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@el¹⁰ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@es²¹ "Vastan tõesti väga lühidalt, kuigi see on teema, mida võiks pikalt arutada. Ütlen vaid järgmist: tõepoolest, ELi ja Colombia ning Peruu vabakaubanduslepingu läbirääkimised jõudsid hiljaaegu lõpule, kuid lepingut ei ole veel ametlikult parafeeritud. Praegu toimub lepingu teksti õiguslik analüüs, et tagada kahe läbiräägitud teksti sidusus ja üks ühele vastavus inglise ja hispaania keeles. See töö peaks lõpule jõudma selle aasta sügiseks ning pärast läbirääkijate lõpptekstide parafeerimist esitab komisjon tekstid nõukogule allkirjastamiseks ning vabakaubanduslepingu sõlmimiseks. Nõukogu esitab vabakaubanduslepingu ametlikult Euroopa Parlamendile nõusoleku saamiseks pärast seda, kui nõukogu on võtnud vastu lepingu allkirjastamise otsuse. Praegu on täpset kuupäeva raske ennustada, kuid tõenäoliselt toimub see 2011. aasta teises pooles. Hetkel ei ole veel selge, kas lepingud tuleb ka ELi liikmesriikide parlamentides ratifitseerida. Komisjon hakkab analüüsima liikmesriikide parlamentides ratifitseerimise vajadust niipea, kui vabakaubanduslepingu lõpptekst on koos, võttes arvesse Lissaboni lepingust tulenevat uut pädevuste jagunemist ELi ja liikmesriikide vahel. Võin kinnitada, et Colombia ja Peruuga sõlmitavas lepingus sisaldub üldine inimõiguste klausel. Kuna see klausel on oluline element meie suhetes, võib selle rikkumine viia kaubandussoodustuste ühepoolse peatamiseni ilma etteteatamiseta. Vastavalt Euroopa Liidu toimimise lepingu artikli 218 lõikele 9 saab peatamine toimuda komisjoni või Euroopa Liidu välisasjade ja julgeolekupoliitika kõrge esindaja ettepanekul nõukogu kvalifitseeritud häälteenamusega vastu võetud otsusega. Lepingu tekst, mis sisaldas ka inimõiguste klauslit, edastati pärast läbirääkimiste lõppu selle aasta märtsis rahvusvahelise kaubanduse komisjonile."@et⁵ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@fi⁷ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@fr⁸ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@hu¹¹ "Sarò molto breve, poiché si tratta di un argomento che potremmo invece discutere lungamente. Vorrei dire solo che i negoziati sull’accordo di libero scambio tra l’Unione europea e la Colombia e il Perù sono effettivamente stati conclusi in tempi recenti, ma non sono ancora stati formalmente siglati. Il testo dell’accordo è attualmente sottoposto a un’analisi legale, in modo da garantire la coerenza e la corrispondenza dei due testi negoziati in lingua inglese e spagnola. Tale disamina dovrebbe concludersi in autunno di quest’anno e quando i testi definitivi saranno siglati dai negoziatori la Commissione li presenterà al Consiglio per la firma e la conclusione dell’accordo di libero scambio. Tale accordo verrà formalmente presentato dal Consiglio al Parlamento europeo per ottenerne il consenso in seguito all’adozione della decisione del Consiglio a favore della sua firma. Nella fase attuale è difficile prevedere la data esatta in cui ciò avverrà, ma è probabile che si tratti della seconda metà del 2011. Non è ancora chiaro se i parlamenti nazionali saranno invitati a ratificare tali accordi. La Commissione esaminerà la questione dell’eventuale necessità di una ratifica da parte degli Stati membri appena il testo definitivo dell’accordo di libero scambio sarà disponibile, tenendo conto della nuova distribuzione delle competenze tra Unione europea e Stati membri prevista dal trattato di Lisbona. Sono in grado di confermare che l’accordo con la Colombia e il Perù comprende un’ampia clausola sui diritti umani. Poiché tale clausola costituisce un elemento essenziale delle nostre relazioni essa può, nel caso di una sua violazione, comportare la sospensione unilaterale delle preferenze commerciali in assenza di una consultazione preliminare. Tale sospensione avverrebbe con una decisione a maggioranza qualificata del Consiglio, sulla base di una proposta della Commissione o dell’Alto rappresentante dell’UE per gli affari esteri e la politica di sicurezza, ai sensi dell’ articolo 218, paragrafo 9 del trattato sul funzionamento dell’Unione europea. L’intero testo dell’accordo, compresa la clausola sui diritti umani, verrà trasmesso alla commissione Commercio internazionale, nel marzo di quest’anno, alla conclusione dei negoziati."@it¹² "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@lt¹⁴ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@lv¹³ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@mt¹⁵ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@nl³ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@pl¹⁶ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@pt¹⁷ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@ro¹⁸ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@sk¹⁹ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@sl²⁰ "Indeed, very briefly, because this is a subject which we could discuss at length. Let me just say that the negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru were indeed finalised recently, but the agreement has not yet been formally initialled. The text of the agreement is currently subject to legal review in order to ensure coherence and correspondence of the two negotiated texts in English and in Spanish. This is likely to end in the autumn of this year, and, once the final texts are initialled by the negotiators, the Commission will submit them to Council for signature and conclusion of the FTA. The FTA will be formally submitted by the Council to the European Parliament for its consent after the adoption of the Council decision for its signature. At this stage, it is difficult to predict the exact date for this, but it is likely to take place in the second half of 2011. It is not yet clear whether the national parliaments would also be called on to approve the agreements. The Commission will examine whether Member States’ ratification is necessary as soon as the final text of the FTA is consolidated, taking into account the new distribution of competences between the EU and the Member States resulting from the Lisbon Treaty. I can confirm that the agreement with Colombia and Peru includes a broad clause on human rights. As this clause constitutes an essential element of our relationship, it can therefore lead in case of breach to the unilateral suspension of trade preferences without prior consultation. Such suspension would be made through a decision taken under qualified majority by the Council on the basis of a proposal either by the Commission or the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, pursuant to Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. The whole text of the agreement, including the clause on human rights, was transmitted to the INTA Committee in March of this year after the conclusion of the negotiations."@sv²²
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