Activities of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2016/2075(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Evaluation of external aspects of customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade (debate) DA
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the evaluation of external aspects of the customs performance and management as a tool to facilitate trade and fight illicit trade PDF (415 KB) DOC (73 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Internal Market (P8_TA(2017)0011),
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas China (the EU’s main trade partner), Hong Kong, Malaysia, Belarus, United Arab Emirates, Turkey and India, continue to ship the core of the illegal products entering the Union, and whereas Malaysia only accounts for about EUR 2.5 million worth of such exports, China and Hong Kong are responsible for over EUR 300 million and EUR 100 million, respectively, and whereas Belarus in 2015 alone caused a fiscal loss to the EU of EUR 1 billion, exporting products that totally circumvented VAT rules and health regulations;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to work closely with the Member States to ensure efficient implementation of the new system set by the UCC, avoiding divergent practices among the Member States duringafter the transition period;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Invites the Commission to continue cooperation with the Member States and relevant trade stakeholders further to develop customs simplificationsto develop further customs simplifications and reducing administrative burdens for legitimate traders, developments which should be focused on the objective of simpler, safer trade, rather than procedures and rules; while ensuring appropriate and harmonised control at EU borders in order to guarantee EU security, safety and economic interests, with a particular effort regarding IPR protection and the fight against illicit trade;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to developsupport and reinforce the wider use of the Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) programme further, ensuring its robustness, reliability and compliance with third countries’' customs rules in trade agreement negotiations;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Invites the Commission to present a communicationguidelines on better practises on custom control for the interim period, in order to bolster convergence between control bodies, highlight best practices and results, and analyse the counterfeiting trade flows at border points;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reminds the Member States and the Commission the importance of ensuring the timely availability of sufficient resources for the necessary IT systems in order that the objectives of the EU Strategy and Action Plan for customs risk management may be met as well as the interoperability of systems to the benefit of customs authorities, legitimate traders and ultimately consumers as well as jobs and economic growth in the European Union;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the progressive implementation of the UCC brings equivalentadded value to the economic operators throughout the Union, while at the same time ensuring that the increased simplification of the customs procedures do not create additionalpossible gaps in the customs risk management and control systems that could hinder the effective fight against illicit trade;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to work further with the Member States on aligning, where appropriate, policies as regards customs and VAT, with a view to ensuring synergies, including in finding legal and practical solutions to the opportunities and challenges relating to small consignments, e- commerce and simplifications;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Requests the Commission to enhance cooperation with trade stakeholders and trade representatives with a view to addressing, in particular, concerns of SMEs as regards the implementation of customs rule the challenges with the implementation of customs rules and different and divergent national rules, reporting methods and means, including the concerns of SMEs;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that certain fraudulent firms based in third countries are using e- commerce to offer counterfeited goods that are sent by normal post within the EU territory, and that these goods are systematicallymay be billed under the minimum price level to beavoid being checked by authorities; asks the Commission to design an action plan to introduce a common mechanism allowing all Member States to curb this practice while not creating barriers for the growth of e-commerce and legitimate trade in and to/from the European Union;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Commission to reinforce its cooperation in customs matters with its main trading partners, with a view to collaborating in the fight against threats to society and the economyorganised crime, tax evasion, terrorism etc., and to further facilitating bilateral trade, beyond strict TFA commitments; points out that this can be achieved as part of free trade agreements or through specific customs agreements;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Invites the Commission to continue and deepen customs cooperation on IPR with trade partners such as China and Hong Kong in particular;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Invites the Commission to strengthen cooperation with the European Observatory on infringements of IPRs in order to support initiatives on IPR enforcement, such as facilitation procedures for right holders through electronic exchange of data, which would especially benefit SMEs; stresses that the current Regulation on Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights1a plays an important role in the fight against counterfeit and illegal trade; believes it vital that this, along with the directive on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights1b, is duly implemented throughout the Union and necessary enforcement by customs authorities is conducted in a way that does not prevent legitimate traders from operating in good faith; __________________ 1a 608/2013/EC 1b 2004/48/EC
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Requests the Commission to coordinate in a better way the defence of (voluntary) geographical indication on agri-food products within the Commission and also with the EUIPO Agency; reminds the Commission the importance of developing a policy on voluntary non agri-food geographical indications;