Procedure

Trade in services

2008/2004(INI)·6th term·ECON / IMCO / INTA·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): KAMALL Syed (PPE-DE)
Summary

This dossier is an own-initiative report on trade in services. The amendments revise recitals on the EU's position as the world's largest service exporter, the share of services in GDP and world trade, the GATS and WTO frameworks, liberalisation and its effects on poorer populations, the distinction between sectors, and the treatment of services of general interest such as health, education and water.

Procedure timeline

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    23 Apr 2008 – 4 Jun 2008
  2. Procedure completed
151
Amendments
distinct, in window
19
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committee(s)
23 Apr 2008 – 4 Jun 2008
Dates

Official amendment documents