11 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2013/0432(COD)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Consequently, customs infringements and sanctions follow 28 different sets of legal rules. As a result of that, a breach of Union customs legislation is not treated the same way throughout the Union and the sanctions that may be imposed in each case differ in nature and severity depending on the Member State that is imposing the sanction, leading to losses of revenue for the Member States and trade distortions.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) That disparity of Member States' legal systems affects not only the optimal management of the customs union, but also prevents that a level playing field is achieved for economic operators in the customs union, who are already subject to different sets of rules in the 28 Member States, because it has an impact on their access to customs simplifications and facilitations.
Amendment 15 #
(17) In order to facilitate the investigation of customs infringements, the competent authorities should be allowed to temporarily seize any goods, means of transport or any other instrument used in committing the infringement and use an early warning system to notify the other competent authorities of the 28 Member States of the infringement.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1 a (new)
Article 1a Trade Facilitation In accordance with the WTO agreement on trade facilitation, the Member States shall work together to set up an early warning system which can be used to notify the 28 Member States without delay of investigations into customs infringements and of established infringements in such a way as to facilitate trade, prevent illegal goods from entering the internal market and improve the effectiveness of checks.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – point a
Article 9 – point a
(a) where the customs infringement relates to specific goods, a pecuniary fine from 1 % up tof 5 % of the value of the goods;
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – point b
Article 9 – point b
(b) where the customs infringement is not related to specific goods, a pecuniary fine from EUR 152 500 up to EUR 7 500.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – point a
Article 10 – point a
(a) where the customs infringement relates to specific goods, a pecuniary fine up tof 15 % of the value of the goods;
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – point b
Article 10 – point b
(b) where the customs infringement is not related to specific goods, a pecuniary fine up tof EUR 22 500.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – point a
Article 11 – point a
(a) where the customs infringement relates to specific goods, a pecuniary fine up tof 30% of the value of the goods;
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – point b
Article 11 – point b
(b) where the customs infringement is not related to specific goods, a pecuniary fine up tof EUR 45 000.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Each year the Commission shall publish details of the sanctions imposed by the 28 Member States for the customs infringements referred to in Articles 3 to 6 of this Directive. In addition, economic operators found to have committed repeated customs infringements as referred to in Article 5 of this Directive shall have their names included in a public list forwarded to the competent customs authorities throughout the Union.