Activities of Mário DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)~~, in particular the Eastern Partnership (EaP), aims to extend the values and ideas of the founders of the EU~~ embraces the values and ideas of the founders of the EU, notably the principles of Peace, Solidarity and Prosperity;

2014/02/12
Committee: AFET

2013/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas the occupation of territories belonging to a third country is a violation of international law and is contrary to the founding principles of the European Neighbourhood Policy, thereby jeopardising the whole Eastern Partnership objectives;

2014/02/12
Committee: AFET

2013/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Deeply regrets the existing protracted conflicts which exacerbate hate, animosity and tensions among the peoples of several EaP countries, particularly the situations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Nagorno- Karabakh and Transnistria;

2014/02/12
Committee: AFET

2013/2149(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Stresses that the EaP can only accomplish its objectives once the frozen conflicts have been peacefully negotiated and solved, accordingly to International Laws; calls in this context for the EU and particularly the VP/HR to play a proactive and sustained role in the search for political solutions to the frozen conflicts in the Eastern Neighbourhood; recalls that the occupation of the territory of one country by any third state violates the fundamental principles and objectives of the EaP and emphasizes that International Law and previous Resolutions approved by the European Parliament must absolutely be respected by our EaP partner countries;

2014/02/12
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas EU is Saudi Arabia main trading partner with 15% of the global trade and KSA is the 11th largest trade partner for the EU. Whereas large number of EU companies are investors in the Saudi economy, especially in the country’s petroleum industry and Saudi Arabia is an important market for the export of EU industrial goods in areas such as Defence, Transportation, Automotive, Medical and Chemical exports;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. Whereas EU and Saudi Arabia face common challenges that are global in origin and impact, such as a rapidly changing economy, migration, energy security, international terrorism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and environmental degradation;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas KSA is a ~~hereditary absolute~~ monarchy without an elected parliament; ~~whereas it faces the challenge of royal succession;~~ whereas KSA has a population of 28 million, including 9 million foreigners and 10 million aged under 18; whereas s~~ome~~everal reforms have been implemented in KSA since 2001, but ~~are not institutionalised and can thus be easily rever~~not all of them are institutionalised; whereas the country’s record in the field of human rights ~~remains dismal, with fundamental gaps between its international obligation and their implementation~~needs to improve;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~freedom of religion is not guaranteed in KSA, since~~KSA needs to improve the Laws on Religion Practices, particularly those regarding public practice of anyd religio~~n but Islam is forbidden; whereas minority Islamic groups, such as Shias and Sufis, are targets of discrimination and prejudice which are often condoned by the country´s religious establishment~~us minorities, enshrined by the true values of the Islamic religion based on tolerance and acceptance of others.;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas KSA plays a leading role in disseminating and promoting worldwide a particularly rigorous Salafi/Wahhabi interpretation of Islam; whereas the most extreme manifestations of Salafism/Wahhabism have inspired terrorist organisations such as Al-Qaeda and pose a global security threat, including for KSA itselfhas taken decisive action and severe measures to combat terrorism and financial activities linked to terrorism. Whereas KSA has promulgated a number of legislative acts and regulations to counter this type of criminal activity and has launched an ongoing national awareness campaign to combat terrorism and extremist ideology through dialogue and elucidation of the true values of the Islamic religion based on tolerance, moderation, justice and acceptance of others. Whereas KSA has supported numerous regional and international initiatives in this regard; whereas KSA has developed a system to control financial transactions to ensure that no funds are being channelled into terrorist organisations~~, but no such control can be guaranteed regarding private charities or entities operating outside KSA~~;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas the Saudi Government has recently implemented several measures and actions to promote and enhance women’s rights, particularly in education, decision-making and employment issues;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the KSA authorities to ensure freedom of expression for all its inhabitants of KSA, and stresses that the peaceful advocacy of basic legal rights or making critical remarks using social media are expressions of an indispensable right, as Parliament has stressed in its report on digital freedom; stresses the importance of the practice of social media and the use of internet, acquired over recent years, particularly among young population;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Regrets that there is no freedom of religion in KSA; e~~Encourages the authorities of KSA to foster moderation ~~and tolerance~~, tolerance and mutual understanding of religious diversity at all levels of the education system, including in religious establishments, as well as in the public discourse of officials and civil servants, through dialogue and explanation of the true values of the Islamic religion based on tolerance and acceptance of others; welcomes in this respect the Sakina Campaign for Dialogue, supported by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the establishment in Vienna of the ‘King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue’ (KAICIID) in 2012, initiated and promoted by KSA; stresses that the Centre has major objectives of enabling, empowering and encouraging dialogue among different religions and cultures around the world. The Founding States of the Centre are the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Spain, being the Holy See a Founding Observer. The Board of Directors comprises high-level representatives of the major world religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism) and cultures;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Emphasises the need to respect the fundamental rights of Shias and other minorities, including the right to full participation in political life and governance; calls on the KSA authorities to attach safeguards to the anti-terrorist legislation so that it is not used againstall religious minorities; calls on the authorities to make greater efforts to ensure tolerance and coexistence among all religious groups; urges them to ~~purge~~continue reviewing the education system ~~of derogatory and~~, in order to eliminate possible existing discriminatory references to believers in other religions or ~~members of minority Islamic group~~beliefs;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. WStrongly welcomes the King’s appointment in 2013 of the first women to serve in the Consultative Assembly (Shura council) of KSA, occupying 30 seats out of 150;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Urges the authorities to revoke the medieval male guardianship system, and~~Recognises the recent efforts made by the Saudi authorities in drawing up legislation in favour of women rights and encouraging the debates which have recently been opened on such matters; urges the authorities to take further steps aimed at ~~lifting restrictions on~~enhance women’s rights, including ~~freedom of~~ movement, employment opportunities, legal personality ~~and~~, representation in judicial processes, and the eliminati~~ng all~~on of all other forms of discrimination against women in private and public life and promoting their participation in the economic, social, cultural and political spheres;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Welcomes the recent decision of the Ministry of Labour to accelerate the recruitment of women in various private- sector spheres, which has led to an increase of the number of Saudi women working in the private sector from 55.600 in 2010 to about 100.000 in 2011 and 215.840 at the end of 2012. Welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Labour in conjunction with the Human Resources Development Fund to introduce programmes to promote women’s employment;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Encourages the efforts of KSA in promoting women higher education, which is developing new education trends in the Kingdom; notes while in 2011, the number of women enrolled in institutions of higher education amounted to 473.725 (429.842 males) whereas in 1961 only 4 women were enrolled, and the number of women graduating from these institutions amounted to 59.948 (55.842 males); the percentage of female students at all school levels increased from 33 % in 1974–75 to 81% percent in 2013; welcomes the international scholarship programme which allowed the number of female scholarship students abroad to stand at 24.581;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Encourages the national campaign engaged by Government entities and civil society organizations to raise women’s awareness of the laws and measures in place to protect their rights, particularly with respect to, inter alia, social welfare services and personal status procedures for the registration of marriages, divorces and births;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Welcomes the adoption by KSA of a law that criminalises domestic violence: the ‘Protection from harm act’ approved on 26 August 2013, which is aimed at protecting particularly women and children from ‘all forms of abuse’, offering them shelter as well as ‘social, psychological, and medical aid’ and penal action against the perpetrators of violence; welcomes the launching of a public campaign against domestic violence, by the King Khalid Foundation; strongly encourages all awareness campaigns regarding the implementation of these Laws as well as the independent monitoring of the results of these new Acts and Campaigns;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Rejects the zero-sum game logic as a paradigm for international relations in the Middle East, since it fuels distrust, sectarian hatred and the arms race in the region, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; in this connection, ~~deplores the destabilising effects of arms sales by some EU Member States to KSA and other countries in the region;~~ believes that the solution to the region’s escalating security problems lies in establishing a common security framework, from which no country is excluded and in which the legitimate security interests of all countries are taken into consideration;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is concerned that KSA’s financial and political support for religious and political groups in North Africa may result in reinforcing fundamentalist and obscurantist forces that undermine efforts to create democratic governance and oppose the participation of women in public life; is further concerned that the unconditional political and financial support offered to the leaders of the military coup in Egypt is undermining the efforts of the EU to promote a peaceful and inclusive political solution to the Egyptian crisis;deleted

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Recognises the efforts of KSA to combat terrorism and extremism in Saudi Arabia and worldwide; welcomes the establishment in 2011 of the UNCCT (United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre) to promote international peace and security especially in the global fight against terrorism, through a voluntary contribution of the Government of Saudi Arabia of $100 million; acknowledges in this regard, that KSA, while working with international partners has taken a leading role in developing coordinated strategies to defeat terrorists either at home and abroad, to thwart extremist advancements and to engage and rehabilitate at-risk populations; welcomes the fact that KSA has also supported numerous regional and international initiatives in this regard;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Calls on KSA to refrain from acting on the basis of a narrow sectarian-based zero-sum game logic regarding the Syrian conflict, and~~Stresses that KSA is a key member of the ‘Friends of Syria Group’; calls on KSA to contribute ~~instead~~ to a peaceful, inclusive solution, notably through support for the Geneva II talks, without preconditions; calls also for the more active involvement of KSA in humanitarian relief for victims of the Syrian civil war;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the KSA authorities to engage in a peaceful dialogue with Iran over bilateral relations and the future of the region; welcomes on this respect, the position of KSA on the Geneva Agreement of the Group ‘3+3’ and Iran, regarding the Iranian nuclear program on 24 November 2013, as a primary step towards a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear program;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Welcomes The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia commitment to maintain the stability of the global oil market;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/2147(INI)

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the EU and KSA to work together to combat extremism and terrorism in the world, particularly in the Middle East and North of Africa;

2014/01/08
Committee: AFET

2013/0103(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Following the review, certain provisions of the Regulations should be amended in order to improve transparency and predictability, provide for effective measures to fight against retaliation, improve effectiveness and enforcement and optimise review practice, and to facilitate access to the instruments for SMEs. To this end, the function of the Export Helpdesk should be adapted. In addition, certain practices that in recent years have been applied in the context of anti- dumping and anti-subsidy investigations should be included in the Regulations.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) To ensure the effectiveness of the instrument, it should shorten the time for the imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing provisional measures to 7 months and 12 months for the definitive duties. To this end, it is important that the Unit in charge of anti-dumping and anti- subsidy investigations has adequate resources, including human resources.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) Third countries increasingly interfere in trade. Significant State interferences inter alia involving prices, costs and inputs, research and labour, outputs, sales and investments, currency exchange rate manipulations and unfair trade finance conditions, further distort regular course of trade and may have a severe impact on Union's producers . As an example, third countries increasingly interfere in trade of raw materials with a view to keeping raw materials in those countries for the benefit of domestic downstream users, for instance by imposing export taxes or operating dual pricing schemes on energy. As a result, the costs of raw materials do not result from the operation of normal market forces reflecting supply and demand for a given raw material. Such interference creates additional distortions of trade. As a consequence, Union producers are not only harmed by dumping, but suffer, compared to downstream producers from third countries engaged in such practices, additional distortions of trade. In order to protect trade adequately, the lesser duty rule shall not apply in such cases ~~of structural raw material distortions.~~

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) Within the Union, countervailable subsidies are in principle prohibited pursuant to Article 107 (1) TFEU. Therefore, countervailable subsidies granted by third countries are particularly distortive of trade. The amount of State aid authorized by the Commission has steadily been reduced over time. For the anti- subsidy instrument, the lesser duty rule should ~~hence~~ no longer be applied to imports from a country/countries engaged in subsidisation.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

~~(10) In order to optimise the review practice, duties col~~delected during the investigation should be reimbursed to importers, where measures are not prolonged after the conclusion of an expiry review investigation. This is appropriate given that the conditions required for the continuation of the measures have not been found to exist during the investigation period.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) Where the number of producers in the Union is so large that resort must be made to sampling, a sample of producers should be chosen from among all producers in the Union and not just from among producers lodging the complaint.deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

~~(18) In making the Union interest assessment, the opportunity to provide comments should be given to all producers in the Union and not just those producers lodging the complaint.~~deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)

1a. In Article 5, a new paragraph 3a is added : 3. The Commission shall facilitate the access to the instrument for diverse and fragmented industry sectors, largely composed of small and medium-sized enterprises through the Export Help Desk. The Export Help Desk shall provide information and explanations on how to fill a compliant in particular through: standardising forms for statistics and diminishing the burden caused by language barriers in a proportionate manner

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 5 – paragraph 6

1b. In Article 5, paragraph 6 shall be replaced by the following : 6. If, in special circumstances or in the case of diverse and fragmented industry sectors, largely composed of small- and medium-sized enterprises, it is decided to initiate an investigation without having received a written complaint by or on behalf of the ~~Community~~Union industry for the initiation of such investigation, this shall be done on the basis of sufficient evidence of dumping, injury and a causal link, as described in paragraph 2, to justify such initiation.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Tokia SAÏFI, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 c (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)

1c. In Article 6, a new paragraph 6a is added : 6a. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to ensure the possible access to information to all interested parties by allowing for an information system whereby interested parties are notified when new non-confidential information is added to the investigation file.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 d (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 9

1d. Article 6, paragraph 9 shall be replaced by the following: For proceedings initiated pursuant to Article 5(9), an investigation shall be concluded within one year, in accordance with the findings made pursuant to Article 8 for undertakings or the findings made pursuant to Article 9 for definitive action.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)

2a. In Article 6, the following new paragraph 10a is added: "10a. Throughout the investigation, the Export Helpdesk should provide to SMEs information and explanations on the case and how to better present evidences, and guidance on additional possibilities to liaise with the Hearing Officer and national customs authorities."

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Tokia SAÏFI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 1

(a) in paragraph 1, the following sentence is added: "Provisional duties shall not be applied within a period of two weeks after the information is sent to interested parties under Article 19a. The provision of such information shall not prejudice any subsequent decision that may be taken by the Commission."deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2

The amount of the provisional anti- dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping as provisionally established. Unless s~~tructural raw material distor~~ignificant State interferences regarding, inter alia, prices, costs and inputs, including for instance raw materials and energy, research and labour, outputs, sales and investments, currency exchange rate and fair trade finance conditions, were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it should be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury toin the Union industry.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 4

The amount of the definitive anti-dumping duty shall not exceed the margin of dumping established. Unless s~~tructural raw material distor~~ignificant State interferences regarding, inter alia, prices, costs and inputs, including for instance raw materials and energy, research and labour, outputs, sales and investments, currency exchange rate and fair trade finance conditions, were found to exist with regard to the product concerned in the exporting country, it sh~~all~~ould be less than the margin of dumping if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury toin the Union industry."

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 5

(a) in paragraph 5, the following subparagraph is added: ‘If following an investigation pursuant to paragraph 2, the measure expires, any duties collected from the date of the initiation of such investigation shall be repaid provided that this is requested from national customs authorities and granted by those authorities in accordance with the applicable Union customs legislation concerning repayment and remission of duty. Such repayment does not give rise to the payment of interest by the national customs authorities concerned.’deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Nora BERRA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 17 – paragraph 1

In cases where the number of Union producers, exporters or importers, that cooperate in the investigation, or types of product or transactions is large, the investigation may be limited to a reasonable number of parties, products or transactions by using samples which are statistically valid on the basis of information available at the time of the selection, or to the largest representative volume of production, sales or exports which can reasonably be investigated within the time available.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

8. After Article 19, the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 19a Information about provisional measures 1. The Union producers, importers and exporters and their representative associations, and representatives of the exporting country, may request information on the planned imposition of provisional duties. Requests for such information shall be made in writing within the time limit prescribed in the notice of initiation. Such information shall be provided to those parties, at least two weeks before the expiry of the deadline mentioned in Article 7(1) for the imposition of provisional duties. Such information shall include: (a) a summary of the proposed duties for information purposes only, and (b) details of the calculation of the dumping margin and the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry, due account being taken of the need to respect the confidentiality obligations contained in Article 19. Parties shall have a period of three working days to provide comments on the accuracy of the calculations. 2. In cases where it is intended not to impose provisional duties but to continue the investigation, interested parties shall be informed of the non-imposition of duties two weeks before the expiry of the deadline mentioned in Article 7(1) for the imposition of provisional duties.’deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Nora BERRA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 21 – paragraph 5

9a. Article 21(5) shall be replaced by following: 5. The Commission shall examine the information which is properly submitted and the extent to which it is representative and the results of such analysis, together with an opinion on its merits, shall be transmitted to the Advisory Committee. The balance of views expressed in the Committee shall be taken into account by the Commission in any proposal made pursuant to Article 9. The Commission shall propose termination of investigation or review under this article only if it is absolutely clear that under no possible scenarios would measures help the Union industry to any degree. Criteria to determine Union interest should be specified in a delegated act.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Nora BERRA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)

1b. In Article 10, a new paragraph 3a is added: "The Commission shall facilitate the access to the instrument for diverse and fragmented industry sectors, largely composed of small and medium-sized enterprises through the Export Help Desk. The Export Help Desk shall provide information and explanations on how to fill a compliant in particular through: standardising forms for statistics and diminishing the burden caused by language barriers in a proportionate manner"

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Nora BERRA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 10 – paragraph 8

~~8. If, in special circumstances, the Commission~~1a. Article 10 (8) shall be replaced by the following : 8. If, in special circumstances or in the case of diverse and fragmented industry sectors, largely composed of small- and medium-sized enterprises, it is decidesd to initiate an investigation without having received a written complaint by or on behalf of the ~~Community~~Union industry for the initiation of such investigation, this shall be done on the basis of sufficient evidence of ~~the existence of countervailable subsidies~~dumping, injury and a causal link, as described in paragraph 2, to justify such initiation.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 11 a (new)

2a. In Article 11, a new paragraph 11a is added: Throughout the investigation, the Export Helpdesk should provide to SMEs informations and explanations on the case and how to better present evidences, and guidance on additional possibilities to liaise with the Hearing Officer and national customs authorities.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Nora BERRA, Mário DAVID, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 11b (new)

2b. In Article 11, a new paragraph 11b is added: The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to ensure the possible access to information to all interested parties by allowing for an information system whereby interested parties are notified when new non-confidential information is added to the investigation file.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Tokia SAÏFI, Nora BERRA, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 c (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 11 – paragraph 9

2c. In Article 11 (9) shall be replaced by the following: 9. For proceedings initiated pursuant to Article 10(11), an investigation shall~~, whenever possible,~~ be concluded within one year~~. In any event, such investigations shall in all cases be concluded within 13 months of their initiation~~, in accordance with the findings made pursuant to Article 13 for undertakings or the findings made pursuant to Article 15 for definitive action.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Tokia SAÏFI, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point -a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

~~"The provisional duties shall be imposed no earlier than 60 days from the initiation of~~ (-a) In Article 12(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following: "The provisional duties shall be imposed in the seven-monthe p~~roceedings but no later than nine months~~eriod starting from the initiation of the proceedings."

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) the following subparagraph is added at the end: ‘Provisional duties shall not be applied within a period of two weeks after the information is sent to interested parties under Article 29b. The provision of such information shall not prejudice any subsequent decision that may be taken by the Commission.’deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID, Paweł ZALEWSKI, Jarosław WAŁĘSA, Małgorzata HANDZLIK, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point a

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 22 – paragraph 1

(a) in paragraph 1 the following subparagraph is added: "If following an investigation pursuant to Article 18, the measure expires, any duties collected after the date of the initiation of such investigation shall be reimbursed. The reimbursement should be requested from national customs authorities in accordance with the applicable Union customs legislation."deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Nora BERRA, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Salvatore IACOLINO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 29b

9. After Article 29, the following Article is inserted: "Article 29b Information about provisional measures 1. The Union producers, importers and exporters and their representative associations, and the country of origin and/or export, may request information on the planned imposition of provisional duties. Requests for such information shall be made in writing within the time limit prescribed in the notice of initiation. Such information shall be provided to those parties, at least two weeks before the expiry of the deadline mentioned in Article 12(1) for the imposition of provisional duties. Such information shall include: (a) a summary of the proposed duties for information purposes only, and (b) details of the calculation of the subsidy margin and the margin adequate to remove the injury to the Union industry, due account being taken of the need to respect the confidentiality obligations contained in Article 29. Parties shall have a period of three working days to provide comments on the accuracy of the calculations. 2. In cases where it is intended not to impose provisional duties but to continue the investigation, interested parties shall be informed of the non-imposition of duties two weeks before the expiry of the deadline mentioned in Article 12(1) for the imposition of provisional duties."deleted

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2013/0103(COD)

Franck PROUST, Peter ŠŤASTNÝ, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Nora BERRA, Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10 a (new)

Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 31 – paragraph 5

10a. In Article 31 (5) shall be replaced by the following: 5. The Commission shall examine the information which is properly submitted and the extent to which it is representative, and the results of such analysis, together with an opinion on its merits, shall be transmitted to the Advisory Committee. The balance of views expressed in the Committee shall be taken into account by the Commission in any proposal made pursuant to Article~~s 14 and 15~~ 9. The Commission shall propose termination of investigation or review under this article only if it is absolutely clear that under no possible scenarios would measures help the Union industry to any degree. Criteria to determine Union interest should be specified in a delegated act.

2013/12/20
Committee: INTA

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Bart STAES, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

– having regard to Rules 5.3, 29, 41, 48 and 74a of its Rules of Procedure,

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Bart STAES, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the parliament's vote on 23 October 2012, which saw a majority of 78% of Members call on EU governments to revise the issue of parliament's official seat; Strasbourg;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Göran FÄRM, Judith A. MERKIES, Krzysztof LISEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Lara COMI, Diane DODDS, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Ulrike LUNACEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph C a (new)

Ca. whereas MEPs have repeatedly requested the Parliament's Administration procure for a Eurobarometer survey which asks European citizens for their views on Parliament's split-site arrangement;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Bart STAES

Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)

Qa. whereas Members have repeatedly requested up-to-date breakdowns of the financial, environmental and social costs of the parliament's working arrangements, because the Administration has yet to produce a consistent and coherent set of figures;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Mário DAVID

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the Parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Oldřich VLASÁK, Esther DE LANGE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges that any future decision by Parliament on its working arrangements must allow sufficient time for debate and reflection, as well as for an orderly transition; requests a study into the one- off cost of moving all parliament's activities to a single working location;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Judith A. MERKIES, Diane DODDS, Bart STAES, Krzysztof LISEK, Ulrike LUNACEK, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Dan JØRGENSEN, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Asks the Administration to provide a comprehensive analysis of the potential savings for our budget if the parliament had only one place of work, in Brussels; asks that this analysis includes the budgetary aspects and the ancillary costs such as savings made as a result of loss of working time and efficiency;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Lara COMI, Mário DAVID, Dan JØRGENSEN, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Esther DE LANGE, Oldřich VLASÁK, Judith A. MERKIES, Diane DODDS, Bart STAES, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Asks the Administration to procure that EMAS or suitable external consultants provide an analysis of the environmental aspects if the parliament held all its plenary sessions in Brussels;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Esther DE LANGE, Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Ulrike LUNACEK, Krzysztof LISEK, Diane DODDS, Judith A. MERKIES, Bart STAES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Asks the Administration to procure that the parliament's Medical Service provide an analysis of the health effects of the monthly session in Strasbourg on Members, staff and assistants;

2013/07/05
Committee: AFCO

2012/2308(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the relevant services of the European Parliament to make an assessment of the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the European Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs; this assessment shall include suggestions on how to renegotiate this agreement, without prejudice to the legal provisions;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2308(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls on Parliament's Administration to procure for Eurobarometer or similar professional polling service to conduct a survey of EU citizens' views on the maintenance of Parliament's split site working arrangement by 1 January 2014, with specific reference to the financial, environmental and efficiency costs of this arrangement;

2013/06/24
Committee: PETI

2012/2092(BUD)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Ashley FOX, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Diane DODDS, Ulrike LUNACEK, Dan JØRGENSEN, Krzysztof LISEK, Judith A. MERKIES, Marisa MATIAS, Lara COMI, Isabelle DURANT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Nils TORVALDS, Jan MULDER, George LYON, Mário DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraphs 77 a, b, c, d, e, f, g (new)

Working arrangements of the Parliament 77a. Believes that, like every directly elected parliament, the Parliament should have the right to decide on its own seat and working place arrangements; 77b. Declares therefore that the Parliament's seat and places of work for Members and officials should be decided upon by the Parliament itself; 77c. Urges the two arms of the budgetary authority (the Council and the Parliament), in order to make financial savings and promote a more sustainable climate- and environment friendly solution, to raise the issue of a single seat and Parliament's working places for Members and officials in the upcoming negotiations on the next MFF for 2014- 2020; 77d. Urges the Member States to revise the issue of the Parliament's seat and working places in the next revision of the Treaty by amending protocol 6; 77e. Calls in the meantime on the Council and the Parliament to start elaborating a road-map towards a single seat and a more efficient use of the Parliament's working places, taking into account specific up to date figures detailing the cost of each place of work and working conditions for staff, as well as economic, societal and environmental factors - to be presented in a report by 30 June 2013; 77f. Believes that, as the most viable place for Parliament's seat would be Brussels, co-located alongside Council, Commission and the EEAS, such a road- map should also include a reasonable solution for Strasbourg and Luxemburg so as to avoid, to the extent possible, any loss of jobs and income for citizens and local and regional authorities in those places of work; such a solution could preferably entail locating other institutions permanently to Strasbourg and Luxemburg that could make full use of the Parliament's buildings; 77g. Suggests that the agreement between the authorities in Luxembourg and the Parliament, on the number of staff to be present in Luxembourg, should be revised taking into account a revision of the Parliament's needs;

2012/10/08
Committee: BUDG

2012/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The imposition of the visa requirement on the nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu is no longer justified. These countries do not present any risk of illegal immigration or a threat to public policy for the Union in accordance with the criteria set out in recital 5 of Regulation (EC) N° 539/2001. Consequently, nationals of those countries should be exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than three months in all and references to those countries should be transferred to Annex II.

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Mário DAVID, Antonio CANCIAN, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Krzysztof LISEK, Roberta METSOLA, Tunne KELAM, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Paulo RANGEL, Niccolò RINALDI, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Ismail ERTUG, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Nirj DEVA, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Arnaud DANJEAN, Adrian SEVERIN, Ivo VAJGL, Filip KACZMAREK, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Monica MACOVEI, Dimitrios DROUTSAS, David CASA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Anne DELVAUX, Paul RÜBIG, Inese VAIDERE, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Eduard KUKAN, Kristiina OJULAND, Paweł Robert KOWAL, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Cristian Dan PREDA, Seán KELLY, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Kinga GÁL, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Burkhard BALZ, Oldřich VLASÁK, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Davor Ivo STIER, Norica NICOLAI, José Manuel FERNANDES, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Bogusław SONIK, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Tiziano MOTTI, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Diogo FEIO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Exemption from the visa requirement for nationals of Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu should not come into force until bilateral agreements on visa waiver between the Union and the countries concerned have been concluded in order to ensure full reciprocity.

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Mário DAVID, Antonio CANCIAN, Timothy KIRKHOPE, Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK, Krzysztof LISEK, Roberta METSOLA, Tunne KELAM, Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU, Paulo RANGEL, Niccolò RINALDI, Antonyia PARVANOVA, Ismail ERTUG, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Nirj DEVA, Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART, Arnaud DANJEAN, Adrian SEVERIN, Ivo VAJGL, Filip KACZMAREK, Elena Oana ANTONESCU, Monica MACOVEI, Dimitrios DROUTSAS, David CASA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE, Anne DELVAUX, Paul RÜBIG, Inese VAIDERE, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Eduard KUKAN, Kristiina OJULAND, Paweł Robert KOWAL, Ioan Mircea PAŞCU, Cristian Dan PREDA, Seán KELLY, Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU, Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU, Kinga GÁL, Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS, Burkhard BALZ, Oldřich VLASÁK, Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU, Davor Ivo STIER, Norica NICOLAI, José Manuel FERNANDES, Hans-Peter MAYER, Anna IBRISAGIC, Petru Constantin LUHAN, Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV, Jacek PROTASIEWICZ, Tiziano MOTTI, Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES, Bogusław LIBERADZKI, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Diogo FEIO, Bogusław SONIK

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1 – point a

(a) in point 1, the references to Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu are deleted and a reference to South-Sudan is inserted;

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2 – point a – two last references

"Tuvalu*", "United Arab Emirates*" and "Vanuatu*"

2013/07/12
Committee: LIBE

2012/0000(RSP)

Recital A

A. whereas given the importance of historical and cultural links, the Trade Agreement (TA) between the European Union and Colombia and Peru, aims ato open~~ing~~ markets for inter alia goods, services, government procurement and investment and to promote the economic integration between the Parties; to promote a comprehensive economic development with the objective of reducing poverty and creating new employment opportunities, improve working conditions, as well as raising living standards by liberalising and expanding trade and investment between their territories; as well as the commitment to implement the TA in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, including the promotion of economic progress, the respect for labour rights and the protection of the environment, in accordance with the international commitments adopted by the Parties;

2012/05/09
Committee: INTA

2012/0000(RSP)

Recital B

B. whereas the European Union is the second biggest trading partner of ~~the Andean region~~Colombia and Peru and whereas the planned TA provides for total liberalisation of trade in industrial products and fisheries, which could increase both Colombian GDP up to 1.3% and Peruvian GDP by 0.7% in the long term, according to an independent Sustainability Impact Assessment study;

2012/05/09
Committee: INTA

2012/0000(RSP)

Recital I

I. whereas, despite these vast efforts, in order to achieve the full completion of the high standards set out and claimed by the individual citizens, the organisations of the civil society, the opposition parties and the government, there is still a substantial work to be done both in Colombia and Peru, especially regarding the effective implementation of the new legislative framework which intends to solve old problems yet not totally solved, related to long standing problems of poverty, violence and corruption, ~~civi~~internal warmed conflict (more than 50 years, in the case of Colombia), illegal armed groups, drug trafficking, unsolved murders, impunity, lack of labour and civil rights and land dispossession;

2012/05/09
Committee: INTA

2012/0000(RSP)

Paragraph 10

10. Supports the Colombian government efforts on fighting impunity and murders against trade unionists or HRs defenders, which is translated, for example, in an increase of the number of investigators at the General Prosecutors Office (FGN), that specifically in the case of the investigation of crimes directed against trade unionist grew from 100 investigators in 2010 to 243 investigators in 2011; also according to ILO, between 2010 and June 2011 there were 88 sentences, 483 citizens condemned with crimes against trade unionists and 355 arrests; in this respect, underlines the importance of the "Special Protection Program" (SPP) which gives, at the present, State protection to more than ~~11.0~~8.500 citizens, including trade unionists (2413%), Municipal Councillors (~~11%),~~30%) and HRs defenders (1~~8%) and journalists (4~~5%); this program went from a budget of 10.5 million euros in 20102 to more than 120 million euros in 2011; notes that none of the citizens included in this SPP has been murdered;

2012/05/09
Committee: INTA

2012/0000(RSP)

Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the fact that Colombia and Peru have ratified all the 8 Fundamental ILO-conventions plus 3 of the 4 Governance Conventions, as stated by the ILO representative in INTA's Public Hearing on the TA at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29th February 2012; insists on the importance of a swift ratification and effective implementing of all the ILO Fundamental and Governance Conventions, especially C122 in the case of Colombia and C129 in the case of Peru; underlines to all parties the importance of ratifying the ILO Convention 135 on workers' representatives; ~~recall~~urges in this context that 24 EU Member States still haven't ratified the ILO C169- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention;

2012/05/09
Committee: INTA

2011/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to its resolutions of 7 April 2011 on Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy –Eastern Dimension and Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy – Southern Dimension (P7_TA-PROV(2011)0153 and P7_TA-PROV(2011)0154),

2011/12/20
Committee: AFET

2011/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 15 December 2011 on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy (P7_TA- PROV(2011)0576) and in particular paragraph 10 thereof,

2011/12/20
Committee: AFET

2011/2245(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) ensure that Parliament is involved and consulted throughout the entire process of the creation, setting-up and running of the EED, inter alia through the inclusion of a number of MEPs on its Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, in order to guarantee political balance and to enable Parliament to provide its input into defining the political and strategic guidelines underpinning the endowment's activities in a meaningful and systematic manner; insists on a right of scrutiny and the involvement of the European Parliament in its governance structure, to help determine the annual objectives, priorities, expected results, and financial allocations in broad terms and to be part in the monitoring of activities;

2011/12/20
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas respect for and promotion of democracy and human rights – particularly women and children’s rights – justice and the rule of law, fundamental freedoms – including freedom of speech, conscience, religion, association and the media –, strengthening of security, democratic stability, prosperity, the fair distribution of income, wealth and opportunities, social cohesion, the fight against corruption and the promotion of good governance are founding principles and aims of the EU which must constitute common values at the core of the ENP review,

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Mário DAVID, Marek SIWIEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that human rights situations , particularly concerning children and women, should be continuously monitored and that an annual assessment of the situation could be included in the annex to the annual progress report of each partner country with a clear mechanism to reconsider and progressively limit bilateral cooperation if human rights violations are confirmed;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Underlines the importance of independent, sustainable and accountable public media services, to provide quality, pluralistic and diverse content, reminding that free and independent public media always plays a crucial role on the deepening of democracy, in the greatest involvement of the civil society in public affairs and for empowering citizens on the path to democracy;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that sustainable democracy, functioning and de-bureaucratised institutions ~~and~~, the rule of law and quality education, not only promote political stability ~~and~~, social welfare and cohesion but also stimulate economic growth by improving the business environment and attracting investment, allowing new SMEs to emerge and fostering trade and tourism, all of which generate new jobs and new opportunities;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Mário DAVID, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Diogo FEIO, Vital MOREIRA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. States that differentiation should be applied to trade, invites ENP partner countries to move forward on creating the conditions that will allow the establishment of Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTAs) and calls on the EU to assist them in their reform efforts and to open its internal market accordingly; underlines that the EU should also assess the political, social and environmental circumstances of each country with reference to their participation in the future DCFTA, ensuring that international conventions on labour laws and child labour are monitored;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Emphasises the importance of a wider geographical and strategic approach when looking prospectively at the ENP, recalling that, following the European Parliament’s Resolution of 19 January 2006 on the ENP, the EU established in November 2007 specific policies on Atlantic island countries neighbouring EU outermost regions adjacent to the European continent, where special questions of geographical proximity, cultural and historical affinity and mutual security were found to be relevant; welcomes the high level of results achieved and the dynamism of the specific policies already implemented, namely the EU-Cape Verde Special Partnership; and calls on the EU to further strengthen its dialogue and policy convergence with these countries and to support their efforts to consolidate political, social and economic reforms;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Mário DAVID, Marek SIWIEC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Recalls that the EU should get more involved and play a more active and constructive role in resolution of regional conflicts by developing more confidence- building measures, reconciliation and mediation, considering new pragmatic and innovative approaches, launching public communication strategies, supporting civic culture ~~and~~ , especially children and youth formation, education and participation, inter and intra-community dialogue and strengthening good- neighbourly relations;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Insists that the Council should adopt the legislative proposal to amend Article 23 of the ENPI Regulation presented by the Commission in May 2008 and adopted by Parliament on 8 July 2008, which would make it possible to reinvest funds returned following past operations; recalls that this measure is already considered as a given and is reflected in the proposal for financing the review of the ENP in the 2011-2013 budget; calls on the European Commission to consider alternative ways to ensure additional risk capital funds to be immediately made available trough the EIB, for both the Southern and the Eastern dimensions;

2011/10/11
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the EU favours a stable and democratic Ukraine that respects the principles of a social market economy, the rule of law, human rights and the protection of minorities and which guarantees fundamental rights; whereas Ukraine's efforts to build not only domestic political stability ~~and~~but also environment of robust political pluralism and democratic freedoms and to augment internal reform are accelerating and facilitating the further development of Ukraine's European integration process,

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas Ukraine's progress on the path of European integration must be based on a policy of systematic and irreversible reforms in a number of important ‘institutional, political, economic and social areas; whereas important reforms have already been carried out or are being carried out; whereas the framework provided by the Association Agreement will constitute a crucial modernisation tool for Ukraine and a roadmap to steer its internal domestic reforms,

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

Ga. whereas the currently negotiated Association Agreement with Ukraine will deepen its relations with the EU and continue the European integration agenda, while on the other hand there are serious concerns for democracy and rule of law, particularly considering the politically motivated case against Yulia Tymoshenko and other opposition leaders,

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas the current political reality in Ukraine especially in the field of civil liberties and rule of law differs from the spirit of the negotiated EU-Ukraine Association Agreement;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a

(a) to make all necessary progress in order to achieve the rapid ~~conclusion~~initialling of an EU- Ukraine Association Agreement by no later than the end of 2011, and at the same time ensure that this flagship initiative of Eastern Partnership does not come at the expense of political repressions, instrumentalisation of state institutions for partisan purposes, and downgrading democratic values, in particular in the fields of human rights and rule of law;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d

(d) to set up a mutual exchange programme for civil servants in order to facilitate the implementation of the Association Agreement, and in particular the DCFTA; to undertake similar measures in order to establish training and exchange programs in the field of justice and home affairs and in the security sector in the light of implementing European best practices in the rule of law;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)

(fa) to elaborate clear safeguard measures and a possible temporary suspension mechanism for the whole association agreement in case essential and fundamental principles thereof are ignored or deliberately violated;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f b (new)

(fb) to urge the president and government of Ukraine to put the political, legal and administrative reality in the country in line with European democratic practices;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h a (new)

(ha) to undertake the necessary steps in order to ensure that European best practices are implemented in the process of elaborating and in the content of Ukrainian electoral code, whereas substantial irregularities have occurred in previous election campaigns;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h b (new)

(hb) whereas transparency and accountability are inextricable values of the EU in its relations with partners, to ensure that anti-corruption policy , including appropriate legislation on conflict of interests be put forward as a high priority of the Ukrainian authorities;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h c (new)

(hc) to ensure that Ukrainian authorities make the archives of former communist secret services available to the public, which is necessary for successful national reconciliation, particularly with regard to atrocities that took place during 20th century;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2132(INI)

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Mário DAVID, Michael GAHLER, Elmar BROK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 - point k a (new)

(ka) to ensure the acceptance of geographical indicators and European patents;

2011/09/23
Committee: AFET

2011/2113(INI)

Tokia SAÏFI, Mário DAVID

Draft opinion
Paragraph A a (new)

Aa. whereas it is in the highest interest of the European Union to aim high regarding economic cooperation and to adopt a strategy that is mutually beneficial, responsible and flexible, based on support for democratic transition and the defence of human rights;

2012/01/19
Committee: AFET

2011/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to its resolutions of 7 April 2011 on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy – Southern Dimension1, and of 14 December 2011 on the Review of the European Neighbourhood Policy 2,

2012/03/02
Committee: INTA

2011/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Arab Spring is the greatest political transformation in the European Neighbourhood since the fall of the Berlin Wall and has offered the EU the opportunity to match its commercial and foreign policy interests with its core values of human rights, democracy and a free society; whereas ~~a prosperous and stable neighbourhood is key to the~~, in accordance with Article 8 of the Treaty on European Union, the EU must develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries, with the aim of establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the Union and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on cooperation, which is the only key to permanent stability, security and the economic development and progress of Europe;

2012/03/02
Committee: INTA

2011/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that one of the European Parliament's main roles is strengthening political dialogue, mutual understanding and confidence between Europe and third countries, including SMCs, where the European Parliament should focus on spreading and promoting democratic reforms, fully-fledged freedom and the rule of law; underlines that these important tasks, based on direct relations, could also be a way to assess the fulfilment of the forthcoming criteria (in the light of events and the progresses achieved) and to make the necessary adjustments to bilateral and multilateral cooperation arrangements, specially in the areas of trade, investment or finances;

2012/03/02
Committee: INTA

2011/2113(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the ~~differentiated~~tailor-made bottom-up approach ~~suggest~~envisaged by the Commission ~~(‘more for more’) and~~, based on stronger conditionality and stronger differentiation in the recent ENP Revision, and the principle of 'more for more', ensuring better targeted assistance to each EU neighbouring country and guaranteeing that funding matches political ambition; believes that achievements on democratic reforms and individual freedoms should be mirrored by a similar process in the economic and trade landscape with accompanying freedoms to set up and conduct business in order to dismantle the oligarchies which have traditionally dominated SMCs;

2012/03/02
Committee: INTA

2011/2113(INI)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Is concerned about the high number of unregistered SMEs operating on the ‘black market’ and that the percentage of informal employment (excluding agriculture) in certain SMCs is as high as 70 %; is convinced that, if the region is to engage in serious economic growth, the EU's commercial strategy should incentivise unregistered businesses to legitimise their status; urges the Commission to support administrative capacity-building programmes, namely in business registration, employment and social affairs, paying special attention to building capacity in legal services, which will ensure better preparation for leading the required reforms;

2012/03/02
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) The Commission should submit a report once a year on the implementation of the Agreement and the application of the safeguard measures and the banana stabilisation mechanism, which should include up-to-date and reliable statistics on imports from Central America and an assessment of their impact on market prices, employment, and the evolution of the Union’s production sector, paying special attention to small-size producers and cooperatives.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) "serious deterioration" means disturbances in a sector of the economy, particularly where these disturbances produce major social problems, or difficulties which brings or could bring about serious injury in the economic situation of the importing party;

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a Monitoring 1. The Commission shall monitor the evolution of import and export statistics of Central American products, in particular in sensitive sectors including bananas. For this purpose, it shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry. 2. Upon a duly justified request by the industries concerned, the Commission may consider extending the scope of the monitoring to other sectors. 3. The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and the Council on updated statistics on imports from Central America of products in the sensitive sectors and those sectors to which monitoring has been extended.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Emma McCLARKIN, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. An investigation shall be initiated upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament, or on the Commission's own initiative if it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 4(5), to justify such initiation.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Emma McCLARKIN, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

4. Any extension pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be preceded by an investigation upon a request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament or on the Commission's own initiative if there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions laid down in paragraph 3 are met, on the basis of factors referred to in Article 4(5).

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11a Report 1. The Commission shall present an annual report on the application and implementation of the Agreement and of this Regulation to the European Parliament. 2. The report shall include information about the application of provisional and definitive measures, the termination of investigations without measures, and the activities of the various bodies responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Agreement and fulfilment of the obligations arising therefrom, including information received from interested parties. 3. The report shall also present a summary of the statistics and the evolution of trade with Central America. 4. The report shall include up-to-date and reliable statistics on banana imports from Central America and their direct and indirect impact on the development of employment and working conditions in the European production sector. 5. The European Parliament may, within one month from the Commission presenting the report, invite the Commission to an ad hoc meeting of its responsible committee to present and explain any issues related to the implementation of the Agreement and this Regulation. 6. No later than three months after presenting the report to the European Parliament, the Commission shall make the report public.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports from Central American country for products mentioned in paragraph 1 as indicated in the table in the Annex to this Regulation. The importation of the products mentioned in paragraph 1 at the preferential customs duty rate shall, in addition to the proof of origin established under Annex III (Definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative co-operation) of the Agreement with Central America, be subject to the presentation of an export certificate issued by the competent authority of the Republic of the Central American country from which the products are exported. Once the trigger volume is met during the corresponding calendar year, the Commission ~~may~~shall, in accordance with the ~~examination~~advisory procedure referred to in Article 12(32), temporarily suspend the preferential customs duty during that same year for a period of time not exceeding three months, and not going beyond the end of the calendar year. Only reasons of force majeure shall justify the suspension not being imposed.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0263(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA, Mário DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall closely monitor the evolution of statistics for banana imports from Central America. For this purpose, the Commission shall cooperate and exchange information on a regular basis with the Member States and interested parties.

2012/04/16
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)

(16a) The Commission should submit a report once a year on the implementation of the Agreement and the application of the safeguard measures and the banana stabilisation mechanism, which should include up-to-date and reliable statistics on imports from Colombia and Peru and an assessment of their impact on market prices, employment, and the evolution of the Union's production sector, paying special attention to small-size producers and cooperatives.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)

(ea) "serious deterioration" means disturbances in a sector of the economy, particularly where these disturbances produce major social problems, or difficulties which bring or could bring about serious injury to the economic situation of the importing party;

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)

Article 2a Monitoring 1. The Commission shall monitor the evolution of import and export statistics of Colombian and Peruvian products, in particular in sensitive sectors including bananas. For this purpose, it shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry. 2. Upon a duly justified request by the industries concerned, the Commission may consider extending the scope of the monitoring to other sectors. 3. The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and the Council on updated statistics on imports from Colombia and Peru of products in the sensitive sectors and those sectors to which monitoring has been extended.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. An investigation shall be initiated upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament or on the Commission's own initiative if it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 4(5), to justify such initiation.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11a Report 1. The Commission shall present an annual report on the application and implementation of the Agreement and of this Regulation to the European Parliament. 2. The report shall include information about the application of provisional and definitive measures, the termination of investigations without measures, and the activities of the various bodies responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Agreement and fulfilment of the obligations arising therefrom, including information received from interested parties. 3. The report shall also present a summary of the statistics and the evolution of trade with Colombia and Peru. 4. The report shall include up-to-date and reliable statistics on banana imports from Colombia and Peru and their direct and indirect impact on the development of employment and working conditions in the European production sector. 5. The European Parliament may, within one month from the Commission presenting the report, invite the Commission to an ad hoc meeting of its responsible committee to present and explain any issues related to the implementation of the Agreement and this Regulation. 6. No later than three months after presenting the report to the European Parliament, the Commission shall make the report public.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. A separate annual trigger import volume is set for imports of products mentioned in paragraph 1, as indicated in the third and fourth columns of the table in the Annex to this Regulation. Once the trigger volume for either Colombia or Peru is met during the corresponding calendar year, the Commission ~~may~~shall, in accordance with the ~~examination~~advisory procedure referred to in Article 12(32), temporarily suspend the preferential customs duty applied to products of the corresponding origin during that same year for a period of time not exceeding three months, and not going beyond the end of the calendar year. Only reasons of force majeure shall justify the suspension not being imposed.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0262(COD)

Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall closely monitor the evolution of statistics for banana imports from Colombia and Peru. For this purpose, the Commission shall cooperate and exchange information on a regular basis with the Member States and interested parties.

2012/04/17
Committee: INTA

2011/0177(APP)

Göran FÄRM, Edward MCMILLAN-SCOTT, Ashley FOX, Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT, Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG, Bart STAES, Dan JØRGENSEN, Ulrike LUNACEK, Diane DODDS, Krzysztof LISEK, Judith A. MERKIES, Marisa MATIAS, Isabelle DURANT, Oldřich VLASÁK, Mário DAVID, Lara COMI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 a (new)

39a. Points to the significant savings that could be made if the European Parliament were to have a single seat; urges the budgetary authority to raise this issue in the negotiations on the next MFF 2014-2020;

2012/10/05
Committee: BUDG

2011/0117(COD)

Tokia SAÏFI, Franck PROUST, Mário DAVID, Cristiana MUSCARDINI, Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a

a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country, or it has accounted for a share of world merchandise exports above 1%, during three consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex V as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3.5 percentage points. For products from GSP sections XI(a) and XI(b), this reduction shall be 20 %.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

3. Where preferential duty rates calculated, in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008, on the Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on the date of entry into force of this Regulation provide for a tariff reduction of more than 3.5 percentage points for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, those preferential duty rates shall apply.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 9 shall be suspended, in respect of products of a ~~GSP~~ section originating in a ~~GSP~~ beneficiary country, when the average value of European Union imports of such products over three consecutive years from that ~~GSP beneficiary~~ country exceeds the thresholds listed in Annex VI. The thresholds shall be calculated as a percentage of the total value of European Union imports of the same products from all GSP beneficiary countries.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) it has ratified all the conventions listed in Annex VIII without any reservations which are inconsistent with their objectives and purposes and the most recent available conclusions of the relevant monitoring bodies, or any evidence available, do not identify a serious failure to effectively implement any of these conventions;

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) increase by at least 12,5 % in quantity (by volume), as compared with the previous calendar year; or

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to EBA beneficiary countries, nor shall it apply to countries with a share not exceeding 86 % of European Union imports of products listed in Annex V or IX, whichever is applicable.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V– Table

Sensitive/ non- Section Chapter CN code Description ~~non-~~ sensitive Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other ~~Ex Chapter 3~~ aquatic invertebrates, except for products S under subheading 0301 10 90 and S-1b 03 ~~under subheading 0301 10 90~~ Ex Chapter 3 S excluding products under subheadings 0304 29 01, 0306 13 50, 0306 13 80 and 0307 59 10. 0301 10 90 Live, ornamental saltwater fish NS Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage, except for products under S-2a 06 ex Chapter 6 ~~S S-2a~~ S 06 ~~foliage, except for products under~~ subheading 0604 91 40 and excluding products under subheadings 0602 10 90 ~~subheading 0604 91 40~~ and 0603 11 00. 0604 91 40 Conifer branches, fresh NS

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Table

Sensitive /non Section Chapter CN code Description ~~/non-~~ -sensitive ~~sensitive~~ Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, S-6a 29 ex 2905 ~~Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated,~~ S sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, ~~ex 2905~~ except for the product of subheading S ~~S-6a 29~~ 2905 45 00, and excluding products under subheadings 2505 11 00, 2905 43 00 and 2905 44 2905 45 00 Glycerol NS

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Table

Sensitive /non- Section Chapter CN code Description ~~/non-~~ sensitive Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, S-11b 62 Chapter 62 not knitted or crocheted excluding products S ~~not knitted or crocheted.~~ under subheading 6212 10 90.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Table

Sensitive /non- Section Chapter CN code Description ~~/non-~~ sensitive Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such S-12a 64 Chapter 64 articles excluding products under S ~~articles.~~ subheadings 6403 99 96 and 6403 99 98.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI– point 2

2. The provisions of Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP Sections 11(a) and 11(b), when the percentage share referred to in Article 8(1) exceeds 1~~4,5~~0 %.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 1 – point b

(b) of which the imports of products listed in Annex IX into the European Union represent less than the threshold of 2 1% in value of the total imports into the European Union of products listed in Annex IX originating in countries listed in Annex II, as an average during the last three consecutive years.

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX – Table

Section Chapter CN code Description Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other S-1b 03 Chapter 3 aquatic invertebrates, excluding products ~~aquatic invertebrates.~~ under subheading 0306 13 50

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX – Table

Section Chapter CN code Description Tobacco and manufactured tobacco S-4c 24 Chapter 24 substitutes, excluding products under sub~~stitutes.~~ heading 2401 20 35

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2011/0117(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IX – Table

Section Chapter CN code Description S-11b Chapter 61 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, 61 ~~Chapter 61~~ knitted or crocheted , excluding products under subheadings 6105 10 00, 6109 10 00, 6110 20 91, 6110 20 99, 6110 30 99. Chapter 62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, ~~S-11b~~ 62 ~~Chapter 62~~ not knitted or crocheted excluding products ~~not knitted or crocheted~~ under subheadings 6203 42 31, 6203 42 35, 62 6205 20 00 Chapter 63 Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn 63 ~~Chapter 63~~ clothing and worn textile articles; rags ~~clothing and worn textile articles; ra~~ excluding products under subheadings 63 6302 21 00, 6302 31 00, 6302 60 00

2012/01/23
Committee: INTA

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

– having regard to Articles ~~188 C and 188 N(6)(a)(v) of the Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establish~~207 and 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European ~~Community~~Union, pursuant to which the Council must request Parliament’s consent prior to the conclusion of any international agreement that covers fields to which the ordinary legislative procedure applies,

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Mário DAVID, Dominique BAUDIS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

- having regard to the Declaration of the UN General Assembly on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognised Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1998 (also known as the 'Declaration on Human Rights Defenders'),

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the GCC is currently the EU’s sixth largest export market and that the EU is currently the GCC’s ~~second~~main trading partner; notes that, notwithstanding this already intensive level of trade, there is still scope for deepening it, as well as room for more diversification between the two parties; is of the opinion that the conclusion of the EU-GCC FTA would greatly favour closer ties and further diversification;

2010/12/08
Committee: INTA

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas its geopolitical environment makes the Gulf a focus of security challenges that have global and regional implications (the stabilisation of Iraq, Iran’s nuclear programme, Islamist terrorism, piracy, Darfur and the situation in Yemen) and the GCC currently remains the only stable regional organisation based on multilateralism and cooperation,

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the process of structural economic liberalisation and diversification initiated in several GCC member states is producing new internal dynamics, both politically (with constitutional reforms, political participation and ~~institutional capacity building~~a strengthening of institutions) and socially (a voluntary sector is materialising, employers’ associations are developing and women~~’s circumstan~~ are gaining access ~~are changing~~to posts with responsibility), and this should be encouraged and supported,

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the living and working conditions of migrant workers are precarious and unacceptable, despite the key role they play in several areas of economic activity in GCC member states,

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas, given the scale of investment by GCC ~~countri~~states in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, cooperative synergies between Europe, the Mediterranean and the Gulf are called for,

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that the EU should propose a strategic partnership with the GCC and its member states commensurate with the respective roles of the two entities internationally; highlights the importance, to that end, of introducing ~~regular~~periodic summit meetings of heads of state and government; , independently of the progress of ongoing negotiations ;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for the European External Action Service to devote more human resources to the region and for new EU diplomatic missions to be opened ~~there to help~~in each member state of the GCC, thereby helping to raise the profile of the EU, to facilitate political dialogue and to make the Union’s efforts more effective; calls on those EU Member States with diplomatic representations there to act in line with EU policy; stresses that differentiated bilateral approaches to GCC states minded to engage in closer cooperation with the EU can only complement and strengthen the multilateral framework;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Mário DAVID, Dominique BAUDIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Draws attention to the social and political developments that have taken place in recent years in most ~~countries in the Gulf~~GCC member states; encourages th~~e Gulf~~ose states to sustain and extend their efforts to promote human rights, gender equality, the right to work – including for migrant workers – and freedom of expression ~~and opin~~, opinion and religion; invites the G~~ulf~~CC member states to listen to the voices of civil society and to support the emergence of local structures and associations; calls in particular on the GCC member states to: – adopt measures to encourage women's access to the labour market and to education by tackling all forms of discrimination based on gender and other legal or customary provisions, including all such relating to personal status, – to abolish the sponsorship system imposed on migrant workers and to pursue labour law reforms in order to ensure that workers, including migrant and domestic workers, enjoy full legal and social protection, – to fight against all forms of impunity, ensure the independence of the judiciary and strengthen the role of justice system professionals, – to adopt a moratorium on executions and punishments involving amputations etc. out of respect for the integrity of the human body;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 15

15. Reaffirms that the primary objective of the EU in its relations with the GCC should be to conclude the region-to-region FTA; but, until this happens, and following what some of the GCC major trade partners have already done, encourages the HR/VP and the Commissioner for Trade to assess alternative approaches to future commercial relations with the GCC countries, in the form of bilateral agreements between the EU and those of the Gulf States that already feel prepared to engage in a further commitment with the EU.

2010/12/08
Committee: INTA

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes the triennial Joint Action Programme adopted by the EU-GCC Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting on 14 June 2010 and intended to strengthen cooperation in many strategic areas of mutual interest; finds it regrettable, however, that it does not contain a section providing for open, regular and constructive political dialogue;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Considers that the implementation of this Joint Action Programme should be accompanied by a precise and detailed funding scheme and carried out by staff specifically assigned to this task both in Brussels and the GCC member states; stresses the importance of ensuring the visibility of this programme and the dissemination of a wide range of information accessible to the administrations and institutions concerned; requests that an evaluation of the results be carried out at the end of the three-year period and that, should the results prove satisfactory, an EU-GCC cooperation agency be envisaged;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Expresses its concern at seeing the Gulf region caught up in an arms race; asks the EU to initiate a strategic dialogue with the GCC states on regional security issues of common interest (the Middle East peace process, Iran’s nuclear capability, the stabilisation of Iraq, and Yemen and Islamist terrorism ~~and the internal conflict in Yemen~~) and, ultimately, to contribute to building a regional security structure in the Middle East in partnership with the Gulf states;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls that GCC member states are important regional players; calls on the GCC states to pursue their efforts to ensure the stability of the Horn of Africa and to fight piracy;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Reiterates its support for the Arab peace initiative put forward by one of the GCC member states and endorsed by all the states of the League of Arab States and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference; calls on GCC states to pursue their mediation efforts and support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process to establish a two-state solution; stresses the joint interests of the EU and the GCC in working together to establish a just and lasting regional peace in the Middle East; suggests in this regard more regular concertation between the Quartet and the Arab League monitoring committee;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of aid to the Palestinian people; calls on the GCC member states to contribute more to strengthening Palestinian institutions and to economic development as part of the government programme of Prime Minister Fayyad to establish a Palestinian state in 2011 and to consider paying their financial contributions through existing international aid mechanisms, where appropriate; encourages the GCC states to increase their contributions, particularly given the global crisis that particularly affects western countries so as to preserve the GCC’s vital, stabilising role in the region;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the decision by the Presidents of the parliaments of the GCC member states, meeting in Abu Dhabi on 23 November 2010, to begin monitoring the activities of the GCC and its executive decisions and to establish an annual conference of the parliamentary institutions of GCC member states; welcomes the forthcoming establishment of an interparliamentary delegation for relations with the European Parliament; is convinced that far-reaching parliamentary cooperation will make a significant contribution to constructing a strategic partnership between the two groups;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that the GCC member states have made education is a national priority ~~in the GCC countries~~, with high levels of need in terms of human resources (there are not enough teachers), course content (which has not kept pace with changing labour markets) and syllabus quality (teaching methods and materials are out of date); asks that the authorities’ efforts to address these shortcomings be actively supported and proposes cooperation on an ambitious scale in higher, secondary and primary education;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Regrets that the Erasmus Mundus programme remains virtually unknown in the region as a whole, mainly because of lack of information; welcomes the initiatives taken by French, British and German universities to establish university partnerships and exchange programmes; recalls, however, that Europe continues to lag behind the United States and Asia in this area; calls on the Commission to designate information days for the promotion of European scientific teaching and research on site; insists that these exchange programmes should target students, teachers, researchers and administrative staff, while ensuring a balanced gender representation; believes that exchange programmes should be established for younger age groups by targeting secondary school and high school students;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2233(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Considers it essential to remedy shortcomings in Europe as far as research and courses on the Gulf states are concerned; encourages the establishment in universities of contemporary study programmes devoted to this part of the Arab world; believes that study programmes on the European Union should also be offered in universities in the region;

2010/12/02
Committee: AFET

2010/2110(INI)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Tokia SAÏFI, Maurice PONGA, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Luís Paulo ALVES, Patrice TIROLIEN, Mário DAVID, Kader ARIF

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the agreement on trade in bananas makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believes ~~that this agreement fur~~, however, that the interests of Community producers and their ~~consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture in the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTO negotiations forwar~~ACP partners should be taken into account in the next trade negotiations so that these sectors, which provide numerous jobs, are not weakened;

2010/11/12
Committee: INTA

2010/2110(INI)

Marielle DE SARNEZ, Tokia SAÏFI, Maurice PONGA, Nuno TEIXEIRA, Luís Paulo ALVES, Patrice TIROLIEN, Mário DAVID, Kader ARIF

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the outermost regions are an integral part of EU territory and all international trade agreements are applied to them; stresses that their fragile economies are mainly based on agriculture, and their production covers the same areas of production as the Latin- American partners in particular and is therefore jeopardised by lower customs tariffs; points out that Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union allows for adjustment of Community policies to the geographic and economic realities of these regions; therefore calls on the Commission to take the specific constraints of the outermost regions into account in the framework of its negotiations so that their development is not undermined;

2010/11/12
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)

(7a) The emergency measures should, by definition, have an immediate impact; the measures proposed below should therefore apply for no more than one year.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences ~~until 31 December 2013~~to one year from the entry into force of those measures.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) It is also necessary to provide for the reintroduction of Common Customs Tariff duties for any products causing, or threatening to cause, serious injury to Union producers of like or directly competing products, as determined by an investigation carried out by the Commission.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 - paragraph 1 - point c a (new)

(ca) Pakistan’s abstention from maintaining, introducing or increasing duties or charges having equivalent effect on the export or sale for export of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products covered by this Regulation destined for the territory of the Union.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 - paragraph 1 - point c b (new)

(cb) compliance with Article XI GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes. To this end Pakistan shall abstain from adopting or maintaining any prohibition or restriction on the export, or sale for export, of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products included in Annex I and II.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2- paragraph 1 - point c c (new)

(cc) Pakistan’s abstention from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect and new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect for imports originating in the Community or from increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 a (new)

Article 3a Introduction of tariff rate quotas 1. The Commission shall present quarterly reports to the European Parliament and the Council on the evolution of imports of products covered by this Regulation as from its entry into force. 2. Where the Commission concludes, in its reports, that the volume of imports of one of the products included in Annex I originating from Pakistan exceeds the volume of such imports in the corresponding period of 2010 by twenty percentage points, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with, Article 5 to subject the imports of that product to tariff rate quotas for imports of that product by amending Annex I and Annex II. 3. The tariff rate quota provided for under paragraph 2 shall take the form of a duty free quota limited to the level of imports of such product in 2010 increased by twenty percentage points. When the tariff rate quota is established during the year, imports of such product will be allocated on a pro-rata basis. By derogation from Article 1(1), upon the entry into force of the delegated act, imports in excess of that tariff rate quota shall be subject to most- favoured nation or other applicable duties.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)

Article 7a Urgency procedure for delegated acts 1. Delegated acts adopted under the urgency procedure shall enter into force without delay and apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance with paragraph 2. The notification of the act to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure. 2. The European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8. In such a case, the Commission shall repeal the act without delay following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or the Council.

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)

Mário DAVID, Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Cristiana MUSCARDINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 a (new)

Article 9a Safeguard clause 1. Where a product falling within the scope of this Regulation originating in Pakistan is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to Union producers of like or directly competing products, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). 2. At the request of a Member State, the European Parliament, any legal person or any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on the Commission’s initiative, the Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within one month. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed four months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing. 3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with Pakistan and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member States on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests. 4. In examining whether there is serious injury, the Commission shall take account of the following factors concerning Union producers where this information is available: — market share, — production, — stocks, — production capacity, — capacity utilisation, — employment, — imports, — prices. This list is not exhaustive and other relevant factors may also be taken into consideration by the Commission for its injury determination. 5. The investigation shall be completed within four months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, extend this period by two months in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). 6. Where the circumstances set out in Article 9(1) are met, Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 8(2). 7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary

2010/12/14
Committee: INTA

2010/0289(COD)