Traduction de «Industria siderurgica » (Italien → Anglais) :

Plan for a competitive and sustainable steel industry in Europe

40. Considers that trade negotiations should promote the economic and strategic interests of the Union and its Member States and should follow a reciprocal approach under which considerations such as access to new markets, access to raw materials, risk of carbon and investment leakages, the level playing field and leakages of know-how are taken into account; considers that the strategies should reflect the differences between developed, major emerging and least developed countries’ economies; stresses that access to new export markets in growing economies where European steel can be sold without encountering trade barriers will be of decisive significance for the European steel industry’s potential for growth and development; deplores th ...[+++]e fact that some of our trading partners apply unfair, restrictive measures, such as investment limitations and public procurement preferences that protect domestic steel industries, which unduly hamper EU steel exports; also deplores the fact that, since the global crisis started in 2008, there has been increasing intensification of the protectionist measures used by many third countries to support their steel industries;

2. Recalls that the Commission is entitled, following the expiration of the ECSC Treaty, to address the economic and social impact of developments in the European steel industry, and calls on the Commission to take into account the positive experience of the ECSC and to establish a tripartite body (trade unions, industry and the Commission) to work towards further development of the European steel industry, to ensure anticipation, consultation and the provision of information to workers and to secure full compliance with the legal requirements of the European Works Council Directive ;

E. whereas a competitive European steel industry forms the backbone of development and value creation for many major industrial sectors, such as the automotive, construction and mechanical engineering sectors;

D. whereas the steel industry is of strategic importance for the EU economy, and whereas it is in the interest of the whole European Union to preserve the activities that make up its industrial fabric and to ensure security of supply through domestic production;

C. whereas the European steel industry is suffering from a substantial drop in demand, which is causing a progressive loss of jobs and competitiveness;