5 Amendments of Petri SARVAMAA related to 2016/2075(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that Member States should concentrate customs controls and, to the extent possible, other relevant border controls, on high-risk consignments that are selected on a random basis using common selectivity criteria and picked randomly, including those relating to the nature and description of the goods, country of origin, country from which the goods were shipped, value of the goods, compliance record of traders and means of transport;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that customs administration and modernisation are costly; believes that one of the key objectives of reforms of customs procedures and operations should be achieving higher efficiency which would lead to cost reductions and savings in the long run;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses OLAF's role in investigating the evasion of import duties (including conventional, anti-dumping and countervailing duties) on all types of commodities and goods – especially involving: false declarations of origin (in both preferential and non-preferential regimes) and undervaluation and wrong description of goods; calls on OLAF to play a more active role in the coordination of related investigations by national customs services of EU Member States and other partners both inside and outside the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Points out that regular Joint Customs Operations play a vital role in safeguarding EU public finances by identifying where the risks lie on specific trade routes, and protecting the citizens and legitimate businesses by preventing illegal products from entering the EU; calls on OLAF to step up providing support for the customs authorities of EU countries as well as some non-EU countries to carry out more joint customs operations by means of its technical infrastructure, IT and communications tools, and strategic analysis, administrative and financial support, in order to improve the effectiveness of customs services in conducting targeted checks at European level;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Acknowledges that effective enforcement of IPRs is an overarching objective, to be steadily pursued by customs authorities for the benefit of the EU single market and EU citizens and through appropriate cooperation with trade partners in the context of FTAs, so as to tackle IPR infringements in international supply chains in such areas as counterfeiting (trademark infringements), piracy (copyright infringements), smuggling of sensitive products such as pharmaceuticals or highly taxed goods, geographical indications and marking of origin, shipping and selling of counterfeit products, and tax evasion;