Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2024/0028(COD)
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Amendments (8)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) The Commission should ensure that imported products from Ukraine comply with EU standards, especially in the context of the war that could affect the quality of products in terms of toxic traces.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8 b) The Commission should ensure that the revenues from these imports do not benefit Ukrainian oligarchs who hold the largest share of the country's agricultural market.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Subject to an assessment by the Commission carried out in the context of the regular monitoring of the impact of this Regulation and launched either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures for imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products. There is a particularly precarious situation in the markets for poultry, eggs, and sugar, wheat, grain, oat, maize and honey that may harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. It is appropriate to introduce an automatic safeguard for all agricultural products imported in particular for eggs, poultry, and sugar, wheat, grain, oat, maize and honey products that is activated if quantities imported pursuant to this Regulation exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 20221 and 20232.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
If, during the period 6 June to 31 December 2024, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry or, sugar, wheat, grain, oat , maize and honey since 1 January 2024 reach the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 20221 and 20232, the Commission shall, within 21 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478:
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) introduce from 1 January 2025 either a tariff-rate quota equal to five twelfths of that arithmetic mean or the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b, whichever is higher.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
If, during the period 1 January to 5 June 2025, cumulative import volumes of either eggs, poultry or sugar, wheat, grain, oat, maize and honey for the period since 1 January 2025 reach five twelfths of the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded 20221 and 20232,the Commission shall, within 21 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards, reintroduce for that product the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 3
For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms eggs, poultry and, sugar, wheat, grain, oat, maize and honey refer to all products covered by the tariff-rate quotas in the Appendix to Annex I-A of the Association Agreement for, respectively, eggs and albumins, poultry meat and poultry meat preparations, and sugars, and the arithmetic mean shall be calculated by dividing the sum of import volumes in 20221 and 20232 by two.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The Commission shall ensure that imported products transit through the EU to third countries as was the initial objective in order to ensure global food security. The increase in imports of Ukrainian agricultural products into the EU has caused serious market disruptions and an unfaire competition for EU farmers.