23 Amendments of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2011/0117(COD)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011, as extended by Regulation (EU) No…… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applies the scheme of generalised tariff preferences (‘the scheme’) until this Regulation is applied. Thereafter, the scheme should continue to apply with no expiry date. However, itfor a period of eight years. The scheme shall be reviewed five years after its entry into force.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country during threewo consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the decision to remove a beneficiary country from the list of GSP beneficiary countries, in accordance with paragraph 3 and on the basis of Article 4(1)(a), shall apply as from one yearsix months after the date of entry into force of the decision;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. After examining the request, the Commission shall decide whethbe empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to establish or to amend Annex III in order to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance and to add that country to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where a GSP+ beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 9(1)(a) or withdraws any of its binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e), it shall be removedthe Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III in order to remove that country from the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall notify the requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 after the Annex is amended. Where the requesting country is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed of the date on which that decisione respective delegated act enters into force.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the status of the effective implementation of each convention listed in Annex VIII for every single GSP+ beneficiary country.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a GSP+ beneficiary country, where in practice a beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or does not fulfil its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where, either on the basis of the conclusions of the report referred to in Article 14 or on the basis of the evidence available, the Commission has a reasonable doubt that a particular GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or does not fulfil its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2), it shall, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 38(2), adopt a decision to initiate the procedure for the temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) state the grounds for the reasonable doubt as to the fulfilment of the binding undertakings made by the GSP+ beneficiary country as referred to Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or to the fulfilment of its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2), which may call into question its right to continue to enjoy the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance; and
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, such decision shall enter into force six months after its adoptionthe respective delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences as referred to in Article 15(1) no longer apply, it shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. For this purpose the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall continuously review this list on the basis of the most recent available data. Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, ithe Commission shall be removed by Commission decisionpowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex IV in order to remove the country from the list of EBA beneficiary countries following a transitional period of three years as from the date of the adoption of the Commission decisionn which the delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Article 19 – paragraph 11
11. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, the decision shall enter into force six months after it is takenthe respective delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences as referred to in Article 19(1) no longer apply, it shall reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2). For this purpose the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annexes II, III or IV, whichever is applicable, in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. The period of temporary withdrawal shall not exceed six months. OAt the latest on conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 38(4) either to terminate the temporary withdrawal or to extend the period of temporary withdrawal.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. An investigation, including the procedural steps referred to in Articles 25, 26 and 27, shall be concluded within 12eight months from its initiation.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 22(1) are not met, the Commission shall adopt a decision terminating the investigation and proceeding in accordance with the examinationadvisory procedure referred to in Article 38(32). Such a decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The investigation shall be deemed terminated, if no decision is published within the period referred to in Article 24(4) and any urgent preventive measures shall automatically lapse.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. A delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by either the European Parliament or the Council within a period of twosix months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply in conjunction with Article 54 thereof.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The scheme shall apply for a period of eight years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.