12 Amendments of Heide RÜHLE related to 2011/2083(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Is concerned that today the different national interpretations and requirements of the existing European customs legislation imposed by Member States create red tape for business and weaken the EU’s ability to administer an efficient risk based approach to compliance; therefore insists that the Commission takes all necessary actions to ensure a seamless and harmonised enforcement of the current applicable European customs legislation across the EU.
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for the Commission to provide by June 2012 a report to the European Parliament on the current status of compliance by the Member States to the current applicable European customs legislation including an action plan to address any shortcomings identified; the industry should be consulted by the Commission when performing this task;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that, in order to increase European economic competitiveness, simplification, standardisation and modernisation of customs legislation and procedures and the use of IT tools are paramount; considers that one of the major achievements of modernised customs iswill be predictability for business, especially for SMEs, which in turn stimulates economic growth;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists that any future extension of supply chain security legislation within the EU must follow a full risk based approach, targeting only higher risk consignments for both documentary and physical evaluation;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to introduce simplifications of procedures in the area of imports and exports;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls on the Commission in future, in the context of 'local clearance procedures', to dispense with individual notifications and to provide for goods to be released without the involvement of the customs authorities, in order to ensure that procedures operate smoothly, particularly in the case of just-in-time consignments;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Urges that the existing duty thresholds and derogations in respect of customs applications for the smallest consignments in import and export trade in many Member States be retained and standardised across the EU, for example up to an amount of EUR 1 000, and included in the area of pre-arrival and pre-departure notifications;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 i (new)
Paragraph 16 i (new)
16i. Supports the implementation of list rules in the area of non-preferential origin only for special cases, which should be regarded as exceptions; calls for the established rules as currently laid down in Annexes 10 and 11 to the Regulation implementating the Customs Code to be retained and for there not to be any further extension of list-based criteria to other products, so as to prevent the administrative burden on customs authorities and economic operators from being clearly added to without any compensating economic benefits;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 j (new)
Paragraph 16 j (new)
16j. Considers that complex list-based criteria cannot make up for the dropping of the current Article 25 of the Community Customs Code; does not agree with the Commission's assessment that there is a greater need for more legal certainty on the part of economic operators, which the introduction of list-based criteria would address; advocates, therefore, a reference to the respective regulation establishing a commercial policy measure, in which rules on determining origin in special cases, for example anti-dumping, can be laid down in line with requirements;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Considers that all Member States should have formal mechanisms in place for transparent dialogue between Customs Administrations and the private sector;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30