4 Amendments of Momchil NEKOV related to 2018/0158(COD)
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In line with the WTO rules, such apportionment of tariff rate quotas that are part of the Union’s schedule of concessions and commitments will have to occur according to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (‘GATT 1994’). The Union will, therefore, following completion of preliminary contacts, engage in negotiations with WTO Members having a principal or substantial supplying interest or holding an initial negotiating right in relation to each of these tariff rate quotas. These negotiations should remain limited to the matter in hand and not extended to a renegotiation of the general terms of access of specific products to the Union, to any increase in overall volumes, nor to a change of products requirements.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) However, given the time limits imposed on this process by the negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union and the as yet unclear outcome of the negotiations, it is possible that agreements may not be concluded with all WTO Members concerned in relation to all of the tariff rate quotas on the date Union's WTO schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods cease to apply to the United Kingdom. In view of the need to ensure legal certainty, in particular the protection of consumers and the wellbeing of farmers, and the continuous smooth operation of imports under the tariff rate quotas to the Union and the United Kingdom it is necessary for the Union to be able to proceed unilaterally to the apportionment of the tariff rate quotas. The methodology used should be in line with the requirements of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) TIt is still not clear whether the negotiations between the EU27 and the United Kingdom will definitely end in an agreement that would enter into force on or after 30 March 2019 on the future relationship between the two sides. This is the underlying factor in the uncertainty surrounding the allocation of tariff quotas. In that connection, this Regulation should apply from the moment that Union's WTO schedule ceases to apply to the United Kingdom given that from that moment both the Union and the United Kingdom need to know what their WTO obligations are. At the present stage of the withdrawal negotiations between the Union and the United Kingdom it is not possible to determine the exact date when this will happen. It should therefore be provided that this Regulation shall apply either from the date provided for in a withdrawal agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union or from 30 March 2019, that is two years after the date of the United Kingdom's notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(2) The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 3 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of [42] years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.