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Lead | INTA | DE SARNEZ Marielle (ALDE) | MATO Gabriel (EPP), MOISĂ Sorin (S&D), ZAHRADIL Jan (ECR), SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL), KELLER Ska (Verts/ALE), BORRELLI David (EFD) |
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COM(2015)0220
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PURPOSE: to amend Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, given that Ecuador joined the Agreement. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part signed on 26 June 2012, provides for an accession of other Member Countries of the Andean Community to the Agreement. The European Union and Ecuador concluded negotiations for such accession on 17 July 2014. Similarly to the Agreement with Colombia and Peru, the Agreement with Ecuador includes a bilateral safeguard clause and a Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas. Following the decision on signature and provisional application of the Protocol of Accession, it is necessary to lay down the procedures to guarantee the effective application of the bilateral safeguard clause and for applying the stabilisation mechanism for bananas as foreseen in the Agreement in respect of Ecuador. CONTENT: this proposal for an amendment is directly derived from the text of the Agreement negotiated with Ecuador. It seeks to amend Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 in order to enable the implementation of the safeguard clause and the banana stabilisation mechanism of the Agreement already concluded with Ecuador. The bilateral safeguard clause provides for the possibility to re-instate the most favoured nation (MFN) customs duty rate when, as a result of a trade liberalisation, imports take place in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause (or threaten to cause) serious injury to the Union Industry producing the like or directly competitive product. Preferential customs duties can be also be suspended according to the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas when a certain annual import volume is reached, until 31 December 2019. However, the relevant code for bananas was changed from 1 January 2012 from 0803 00 19 to 0803 90 10 in order to reflect the compulsory Harmonised System (HS) amendments. For the sake of clarity, this change should be introduced in both Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 in the relevant part on the stabilisation mechanism for bananas.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/trade/', 'title': 'Trade'}, MALMSTRÖM Cecilia
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COM(2015)0220
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Documents
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2015)0220
Amendments | Dossier |
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2015/0112(COD)
2016/09/09
INTA
37 amendments...
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to the Protocol (No. 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union,
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation Citation 1 b (new) Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) The Commission should assess the Union market for bananas and the situation of Union banana producers and present its findings in a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, no later than one year before the expiry of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas. The report should include a preliminary assessment of the functioning of the " Programme d'Options Spécifiques à l'Éloignement et l'Insularité " (POSEI) in preserving banana production in the Union and the existence of any risks to the overall stability of the Union market or the European producers, after the expiry of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas. If the report identifies such risks, it should consider appropriate measures to address them, including the possibility of entering into new international negotiations in order to extend the applicability of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas beyond 2020 or accompanying compensatory measures to ensure the preservation of banana production in the Union.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) Ecuador, one of the main producers and suppliers of banana to the Union, along with Colombia, is acceding the Agreement. The current stabilisation mechanism for bananas should therefore be extended to Ecuador. However, the application of the current stabilisation mechanism for banana has proved to be inefficient. Indeed, experience shows that the mechanism lacks flexibility, hampering its effectiveness. For three consecutive years the defined import trigger volume for Peru was exceeded, but no measure was taken. For those reasons, changes need to be made to ensure that the applicable procedure is faster and simplified in order to improve the information flow among the Commission, the Member States and the European Parliament, in particular by including an early warning when 80% of the trigger volumes are exceeded and by establishing a price observatory.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 b (new) (4b) The stabilisation mechanism for bananas will cease, together with the possibility to suspend swiftly for a short period the preferential customs duties in the case of increased imports, a necessary safety-net, without which the particularly vulnerable EU banana sector will not be able to face harsh competition by low-cost third-country banana producers. Therefore, compensation should be provided to EU banana producers.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 c (new) (4c) The outermost regions´ socio- economic situation remains very fragile, and some of them are particularly dependent on the banana sector, which suffers from a lack of competitiveness and from the difficulties in reacting to the evolution of the market conditions. The tariff concessions granted to third countries can have a significant impact on the banana market, in which production is concentrated in the European Union's outermost regions, where production alternatives are rare. In the last revision of the POSEI, the Union agreed financial aid to Union producers aiming to offset the impact of the tariff concessions granted to Peru and Colombia. It is, therefore, necessary to grant compensation to Union producers in order to alleviate the negative consequences that the accession of Ecuador to the Agreement will have on them when the POSEI is revised.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 d (new) (4d) Whereas, in view of the type of measures referred to in the stabilisation mechanism for bananas and the relatively short duration of these measures, and with a view to preventing severe adverse consequences on the EU banana market, the Commission should also adopt directly applicable implementing acts either to temporarily suspend tariff preferences under the stabilisation mechanism for bananas, or to determine that such temporary suspension is not appropriate; if such directly applicable implementing acts are adopted, the advisory procedure should be applied;
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 1a (new) 4a. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the trend in banana imports from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and their impact on the Union market and Union producers. When import volumes reach 80% of the triggering threshold for the stabilisation mechanism outlined in the annex to this Regulation, for one or more of the States Parties to the Agreement, the Commission shall formally alert the European Parliament and the Council by a written procedure.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 1a (new) 4a. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "(1a) The Commission shall monitor trends in banana imports."
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 4a. In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products referred to in paragraph 1, as indicated in the second and third columns of the table in the Annex. Once the
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new) 4a. In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products referred to in paragraph 1, as indicated in the second
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 4b. In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products referred to in paragraph 1, as indicated in the second
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new) 4b. In Article 15, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "(3) When deciding whether measures should be applied pursuant to paragraph 2, the Commission shall take into consideration the impact of the imports concerned on the situation of the Union market for bananas. That examination shall include systemic factors such as: effect of the imports concerned on the Union price level, development of imports from other sources
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 4c. In Article 15, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. When deciding whether measures should be applied pursuant to paragraph 2, the Commission shall take into consideration the impact of the imports concerned on the situation of the Union market for bananas. That examination shall include factors such as: effect of the imports concerned on the Union price level, development of imports from other sources, overall stability of the Union
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3a (new) 4c. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "(3a) The Commission shall assess the situation on the basis of the factors specified in Article 15(3)."
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3a (new) 4d. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "3a. The Commission shall develop accurate statistical tools which take account of trends in the volume and price of imports, including over short periods, and of the situation of producers in each of the outermost regions, so that a more detailed assessment of imports and the situation on the Union market can be drawn up."
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 d (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 7 4d. In Article 15, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "7. The measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 shall be applicable only during the period ending on 31 December 2019.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 7 a (new) Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 1 Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 1a (new) (1a) In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "(1a) The Commission shall monitor trends in banana imports."
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 1a (new) 1a. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the trend in banana imports from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama and their impact on the Union market and Union producers. When import volumes reach 80% of the triggering threshold for the stabilisation mechanism outlined in the annex to this Regulation, for one or more of the States Parties to the Agreement, the Commission shall formally alert the European Parliament and the Council by a written procedure.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 a (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 (1a) In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products referred to in paragraph 1, as indicated in the table in the Annex. The importation of the products referred to in paragraph 1 at the preferential customs duty rate shall, in addition to the proof of origin established under Annex II (Concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative co-operation) to the Agreement, be subject to the presentation of an export certificate issued by the competent authority of the Republic of the Central American country from which the products are exported. Once the 80% of a separate annual trigger import volume is met for one of the parties, the Commission shall, as soon as possible, inform Member States and the European Parliament and shall analyse the impact of the imports concerned on the Union market for bananas. That analysis shall include the most accurate factors and indicators, aggregated by month, that permit an evaluation of the risk to the stability of the Union market for bananas, such as: Union production volumes and selling prices and the evolution of import volumes and prices from all origins and their impact on the Union market for bananas. The Commission shall submit that analysis to the Member States and to the European Parliament as soon as it has been concluded. Once the trigger volume for a Central American country is met during the corresponding calendar year, the Commission shall, in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 14(4), adopt an implementing act by which it
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 –point 1 a (new) Regulation No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 (1a) In Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products referred to in paragraph 1, as indicated in the table in the Annex. The importation of the products referred to in paragraph 1 at the preferential customs duty rate shall, in addition to the proof of origin established under Annex II (Concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative co-operation) to the Agreement, be subject to the presentation of an export certificate issued by the competent authority of the Republic of the Central American country from which the products are exported. Once the trigger volume for a Central American
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 –point 1 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 c (new) Article Regulation (EU) No. 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 1b. In Article 15, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "(3) When deciding whether measures should be applied pursuant to paragraph 2, the Commission shall take into consideration the impact of the imports concerned on the situation of the Union market for bananas. That examination shall include systemic factors such as: effect of the imports concerned on the Union price level, development of imports from other sources
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 b (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 1b. In Article 15, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 c (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new) 1c. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "(3a) The Commission shall assess the situation on the basis of the factors specified in Article 15(3)."
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point1 c (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 3 a (new) 1c. In Article 15 the following paragraph is inserted: "3a. The Commission shall develop accurate statistical tools which take account of trends in the volume and price of imports, including over short periods, and of the situation of producers in each of the outermost regions, so that a more detailed assessment of imports and the situation on the Union market can be drawn up." "
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point 1 d (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 7 (1d) In Article 15, paragraph 7 is replaced by the following: "7. The measures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 4 shall be applicable only during the period ending on 31 December 2019.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 –point 1 e (new) Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 Article 15 – paragraph 7 a (new) (1e) In Article 15, the following paragraph added: “7a. The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the application of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas, no later than 1 year before its expiry. The report shall include an overview of the trend in banana imports and its impact on Union market and Union producers and of the implementing decisions adopted by the Commission and the examinations conducted in this context. The report shall also assess the functioning of the "Programme d'Options Spécifiques à l'Eloignement et l'Insularité" (POSEI) in preserving the banana production in the Union and the existence of any risks for the overall stability of the Union market or Union producers, after the expiry of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas. If the report identifies such risks, it should consider appropriate measures to address them, including the possibility of entering into new international negotiations in order to extend the applicability of the stabilisation mechanism for bananas beyond 2020 or accompanying compensatory measures to ensure the preservation of banana production in the Union.
Amendment 9 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) source: 587.527
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