43c/RCom/Report2 Annex 3


8. ITF opposes further liberalisation of provisions concerning the supply of services through the presence of natural persons (“Mode 4”) as it would risk promoting exploitative labour relations for migrants and put pressure on local wages and working conditions. ITF demands that the negotiations shall not challenge the Community acquis in labour and social laws. The right of all persons to equality before the law and protection against discrimination constitutes a universal right. Provisions to prevent abuses of workers’ rights such as unequal treatment of cross border workers, many of them women, need to be pursued in consultation with trade unions.


9. ITF considers that the TTIP must incorporate strong environmental provisions.


10. ITF maintains that the agreement should not oblige the opening or liberalisation of public procurement. Public authorities should be able to use social and environmental criteria when purchasing goods or services to ensure the use of public money in support of sustainable, local, social and economic development, particularly taking into account ILO Convention 94 concerning labour clauses in public contracts. Such a policy should by no means be considered a barrier to trade.


11. ITF takes a strategic long-­‐term view of the TTIP and calls for negotiators to ensure it is the ‘gold standard’ agreement to influence future bilateral agreements.


Submitted by: Svenska Transportarbetareförbundet, Sweden


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