8 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2015/0218(COD)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible, to propose that the Commission proposal should be rejected.
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
Having regard to Decision No 534/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 providing EUR 300 million in macro- financial assistance to the Republic of Tunisia,
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
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 economy, as it is of the economies of some Member States.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
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 quota. To this end, pending the conclusion of the negotiations on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), on 15 May 2014, in response to the economic crisis in Tunisia and in order to provide support for the political reforms required, the EU approved an EUR 300 million increase in macro- financial assistance to Tunisia, to be disbursed in three EUR 100 million instalments in 2015.
Amendment 24 #
(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 an, without, however, worsening the agricultural situation in the EU. The validity of those measures, if they are adopted, should therefore be limited to one year and the measures should 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 started 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 negotiation and which are intended to secure mutual reductions in duties, including on agricultural products.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
An annual duty free tariff quota of 35 017 500 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 90, obtained entirely from Tunisian olives grown in that country and transported directly from there to the EU.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that there is sufficient evidence of a failure by Tunisia to comply with the conditions set out in Article 2, it may adopt an implementing act suspending in whole or in part the preferential arrangements provided for in Article 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 6(2).