8 Amendments of Mário DAVID related to 2011/0262(COD)
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
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.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
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;
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 a (new)
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.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
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).
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
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.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
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 mayshall, in accordance with the examinationadvisory 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.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new)
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.