6 Amendments of Maria GRAPINI related to 2018/2109(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Customs Union, which is 50 years old this year, is a cornerstone of the EU - one of the world’s largest trading blocs - and whereas a fully operational Customs Union is essential for the proper functioning of the single market, in the interests of both EU businesses and EU citizens, but also for the credibility of the EU, putting it in a strong position in negotiations on trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas implementation of the Union Customs Code (UCC) is essential to safeguard EU own resources, in particular customs duties, and national fiscal interests, but also to safeguard European consumers and fair competition and on the internal market;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the work carried out every day by Member State customs authorities and by the Commission, which endeavour to shield the internal market against unfair competition in the form of counterfeit and dumped products, to facilitate trade and cut back on administrative formalities, to collect receipts for national budgets and the EU budget, and to protect populations against terrorist, health-related, environmental and other threats;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that implementation of the customs code and digitisation of the customs procedures it establishes must be priorities shared by the Commission and Council; considers that, in that connection, setting up the IT architecture requires the development and deployment of 17 IT tools with major financial and human implications; considers it imperative, therefore, that there should be no duplication of effort as regards resources in how Member State and Commission IT projects are run;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to update its UCC work programme to take account of the extension to the transitional period that it has proposed (COM(2018)0085) and as adopted by Parliament and the Council; calls on Parliament and the Council to work to ensure the prompt adoption of a decision on that extension while making it subject to the conditions needed for successful deployment of the customs IT architecture; points out, as the European Court of Auditors has done, that, as the same causes produce the same effects, the process of updating the 2017 multiannual strategic plan, by concentrating the introduction of six IT tools in the same year, poses a major risk that deployment will again be postponed;Does not affect the English version
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Takes note of the funding effort made under the EU budget, increasing the allocation for the next Customs programme, for 2021-2027, to EUR 950 million842 844 000 at 2018 prices; calls for Member States also to provide the necessary human and financial resources for deployment of the national components, on which the introduction of the European electronic customs system is dependent, and calls for timely submission to it, by the Commission, of a report on deployment of the EU components and of the non-EU components developed by Member States;