3 Amendments of David MARTIN related to 2007/0289(CNS)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a section for a beneficiary country should be applied when the section meets the criteria for graduation during threfour or five consecutive years, in order to increase predictability and fairness of graduation by eliminating the effect of large and exceptional variations in the import statistics.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 13 − paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 13 − paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to a beneficiary country in respect of any section which represents less than 50% in value of total GSP imports into the Community as a result of commercial policy measures such as anti-dumping or countervailing measures adopted under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 or (EC) No 2026/97.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 13 − paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 13 − paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. These provisions shall not prevent the Commission from determining that graduation shall not occur where it can be positively demonstrated that changes in import levels result from factors unrelated to a structural change in the economy of the country concerned but related to the receipt of GSP benefits.