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Activities of Edouard FERRAND related to 2015/0218(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for Tunisia (A8-0013/2016 - Marielle de Sarnez) FR
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2015/0218(COD)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for the Republic of Tunisia PDF (504 KB) DOC (143 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: INTA
Dossiers: 2015/0218(COD)
Documents: PDF(504 KB) DOC(143 KB)

Amendments (17)

Amendment 1 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 6 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
(3) Olive oil is Tunisia’s main agricultural export product to the Union and the olive oil industry is an important part of the country’s economyproduction is an agricultural speciality of some Member States’ regions, especially in Greece, Italy, France and Spain.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 11 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 13 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) In their Decision No 534/2014/EU1a, the European Parliament and the Council have already granted EUR 300 million to the Republic of Tunisia. 1a Decision No 534/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 providing macro- financial assistance to the Republic of Tunisia (OJ L 151, 21.5.2014, p.9)
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 14 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) The opaque and misleading Union rules regulating olive oil labelling do not allow consumers to recognise the real origin of the product and an increase in Tunisian imports would bring imbalance to Union markets.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred to the Commission as regards the respect of the conditions subject to which the preferential arrangements are provided for. Those implementing powers should be exercised with the assistance of the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council4. ________________ 4Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 20 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The specific autonomous trade measures established by this Regulation are intended to alleviate the difficult economic situation, which Tunisia is currently facing, due to the terrorist attacks. Those measures should therefore be limited in time and be without prejudice to the negotiations between the Union and Tunisia on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which are to start in October 2015. An extension of the application period may be contemplated at the end of this period if warranted by the market situation or progress in the DCFTA negotiations.deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 21 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) The specific autonomous trade measures established by this Regulation are intended tocannot concretely alleviate the difficult economic situation, which Tunisia is currently facing, due to the terrorist attacks. Those measures should therefore be limited in time and be without prejudice to the negotiations between the Union and Tunisia on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which are to start in October 2015. An extension of the application period may be contemplated at the end of this period if warranted by the market situation or progress in the DCFTA negotiations.
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In view of the severe damage done to Tunisia’s economy, and in particular its tourism sector, by the terrorist attack in Sousse on 26 June 2015, and the need to take measures to alleviate Tunisia’s economic situation in the short term, it was considered to be appropriate to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,deleted
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 25 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In view of the severe damage done to Tunisia's economy, and in particular its tourism sector, by the terrorist attack in Sousse on 26 June 2015, and the need to take measures to alleviate Tunisia's economic situation in the short term, it was considered to be appropriate to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 32 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
An annual duty free tariff quota of 35 000 tons is opened for imports into the Union of virgin olive oil originating in Tunisia and falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90The present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil should continue to apply unchanged.
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 38 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
The annual tariff quota referred to in Article 1 of this RegulationNo new quota shall be made available only after the exhaustion of the volume of the annual olive oil duty- free tariff rate quota provided for in Article 3(1) of Protocol 1 to the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement.
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 39 #
Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall administer the tariff rate quota in accordance with Article 184 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.deleted
2015/12/16
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall administer the tariff rate quota in accordance with Article 184 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, established by Article 229 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 53 #
Edouard FERRAND, Philippe LOISEAU
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.deleted
2015/11/18
Committee: AGRI
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