7 Amendments of Cristiana MUSCARDINI related to 2011/2083(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ReiteratAcknowledges that customs are of vital importance to international trade and to the competitiveness of the European Union as they a play a unique role in combating the illegal entry of goods and counterfeiting;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Identifies the need, for a functional European Union of 27 Member States, to reduce differences in the frequency and nature of physical checks on goods and between the different points of entry (ports, airports, roads), in how VAT is collected on imported goods, in the opening hours of customs services, and in fees and penalties, as these differences canare resulting in trade distortions;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for consistency in the management of the EU’s external borders; reiterates its call on the Commission and the Member States to step up harmonisation of customs control systems in order to ensureand calls for progress on setting up a European Customs Agency able to promote monitoring of the uniform enforcement of EU rules and respectensure better protection for consumers;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Calls upon the Commission to include in the new customs code more rigorous requirements for the provision of the European Union’s customs representation services, helping to increase the level of professionalism and ownership on the part of these intermediaries and laying down clear rules to guide relations between customs agents and forwarding undertakings, so as to change the role of the agents to that of consolidators for small and medium-sized importers that do not have the capacity to implement customs compliance programmes similar to the European AEO;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the activation of the cooperation agreement on the mutual recognition of AEO between the European Union and Japan; encourages the Commission to be fully attentive to the role of Parliament when negotiating similar agreements with other major partners, such as the USA, Canada, China and Russia; emphasises the value of stepping up customs cooperation with Russia and the Eastern Partnership and Mediterranean Partnership countries in order to facilitate trade and combat fraud.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)
Paragraph 6a (new)
6a. Encourages the Commission to develop multilateral cooperation and coordination plans, within the World Customs Organisation (WCO), to lay down joint standards and rules that will improve the security and effectiveness of customs and border procedures, and reduce costs.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Believes that an agreement on facilitating customs as part of the Doha Round would benefit the member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), notably by strengthening legal certainty and reducing commercial costs; thus encourages the Commission for its part to push forward the conclusion of this agreement with a view to the ministerial conference next December.