Activities of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2005/0254(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) The results of the Commission’s general stakeholder consultation (industry, importers, consumers associations, trade unions) on the possible development of an EU regulation on origin marking indicate that in some Member States European consumers’ perception of the relevance of origin marking for their information, in relation to safety and social and environmental concerns, is generally high;
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) In the Lisbon Agenda, the EU set itself the objective of strengthening the European economy by, inter alia, improving the competitiveness of the European industry in the world economy and the EU2020 strategy is bound to build on this need for improving competitiveness; for certain categories of consumer goods, competitiveness may lie in the fact that their production in the EU is associated with a reputation for quality and high production standards; whereas European companies may already use origin-marking on a voluntary basis where it is commercially advantageous for them.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The economic significance of origin marking to consumer decision and trade is recognized by the practice of other mMajor trading partners which have enactedhave mandatory origin marking requirements in place for many years. Exporters in the Community have to comply with those requirements and have to mark the origin on products they wish to export to these markets.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to limit the burden on industry, trade and administration, origin marking should be made mandatory for those sectors for which the Commission, based on prior consultation found that there was value added. Pprovision should be made for an easy adaptareduction of the sectoral scope of this Regulation. Provision should also be made for the exemption of specific products for technical or economicmmercial reasons or where origin marking is otherwise unnecessary for the purpose of this Regulation. This may be the case, in particular, where origin marking would damage the goods concerned, or in case of certain raw materials.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. Goods that require marking are those listed in the Annex to this Regulation, and imported from third countries, except for goods originating may be exempted from origin marking for technical or commercial reasons. Goods may also be exempted from mandatory origin marking when rules of origin determine the Territory of the European Communities, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, andcountry of origin without providing appropriate information to the Ccontracting Parties of the EEA Agreement. Goods may be exemptsumer. This is the case when a product is the result of a complex diversified fprom origin marking, when for technical or commercial reasons, it appears impossible to mark themduction chain in several countries or when the value added given to the product in the country of final substantial transformation is of inferior significance.