The Committee on International Trade adopted the report drafted by Francesca BALZANI (S&D, IT) recommending the European Parliament to give its consent to conclusion of a Geneva Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela and of an Agreement on Trade in Bananas between the European Union and the United States of America.
In parallel, Members called on the Commission and the Council to ensure that, at the earliest opportunity, an impact assessment on the effects of the agreements on banana-producing developing countries and the European outmost regions until 2020 should be presented to the European Parliament.