Activites

• 2000/12/12 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2000/2700
  • OJ L 311 12.12.2000, p. 0017-0020
• 2000/11/16 Final act signed
• 2000/11/16 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/10/05 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0434/2000 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution by Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI (EPP/ED, Spain) approving the Council's common position on the customs code. It called on the Commission to adopt the Community law implementation acts and to introduce the incentive measures needed to improve the level of administrative cooperation, particularly in the field of computerised data exchange.�

• 2000/09/13 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A5-0254/2000
• 2000/06/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2265
• 2000/05/25 Council Meeting
  • 06995/1/2000 summary

    The Council common position adopted amendments relating to: - customs declarations by electronic means, the Council very largely adopted the substance of the Parliament's amendment as it thought that stipulating in the text that the documents shall be kept at customs authorities' disposal was sufficient to guarantee the possibility of subsequent verification of undertakings which have been authorised to use this form of declaration; - the problem of "good faith" of economic operators (a problem which constituted a very serious stumbling block in the process of revising the Code), the Council has presented a new text which very largely adopts the approach followed by the Parliament's amendment. However, the wording used supplements the Parliament's approach by providing for a more precise defintion of the terms "error" of the customs authorities and "good faith" of the person liable. In addition, the Council has made a number of adjustments to the texts in the Commission's proposal, most of which are of an essentially technical nature. It should also be noted that the common position adopted the usual wording linking entry into force to the publication of the texts in the Official Journal of the European Communities. On the other hand, the Council did not accept the amendment relating to customs authorities adopting control measures as the Council considers that the introduction of control measures falls within the domain of fighting fraud which must be dealt with outside the Community Customs Code.�

• #2248
• 2000/03/16 Council Meeting
• 1999/06/02 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1999)0236 summary

    The amended proposal takes up the substance of the five amendments put forward by the European Parliament in its first reading. The amended proposal seeks to: - settle the issue of 'good faith' on the part of importers with regard to preferential origin agreements. The text in question is intended to improve the legal security of operators by dividing the risk of uncertainty between the importer and the system and in specifying the obligations of the customs authorities; - reposition and clarify a point concerning the documents that must accompany customs declarations made electronically; - clarify a point concerning the reform of customs procedures with economic impact and to delete another point on the matter, which is not indispensable.�

• 1999/03/12 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0197/1999 summary

    The Parliament's opinion drafted by Reino Kalervo PAASILINNA (PES, Finland) was adopted. There were several amendments adopted by Parliament in this first reading. The Parliament deleted much of the Commission's proposed text, including several amendments to Articles in Regulation (EEC) No. 2913/92, such as Art 5(2), 2nd subparagraph, Art.62(3), Art. 115(4), Art. 117(c), Art. 118(4), Art. 133(e), Art. 152, Art. 221(3). It also introduced some new or replacement articles. The adopted amendments seek to make the legislation more transparent and responsive to traders' needs.�

• 1999/03/11 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1999/02/23 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0080/1999
• 1998/07/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1998/06/03 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0226 summary

    PURPOSE: to amend Council Regulation 2913/92/EEC establishing the Community Customs Code, notably in the light of internal market requirements. CONTENT: As required by Regulation 2913/92/EEC, the Commission presents a report containing a review of the experience gained in applying the Code during the past four years. It concludes that the Code has brought about much mire transparency than there was before it was established. It has been taken as a model by many third countries in Europe, and even beyond. Its role is to underpin several Community policies and provide a common framework for the operations of the national customs administrations. In the context of increasing fraud, the Commission considers that care must be taken to ensure that the amended Customs Code does its job. The Commission's report is accompanied by a proposal for amendment of Regulation 2913/92/EEC which aims to achieve yet more simplification of the rules, make the Basic Regulation more flexible, improve the recovery procedure and bring the provisions on customs representation into line with the principle of a single market.�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0226
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0080/1999
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0197/1999
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1999)0236
• Council position published: 06995/1/2000
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A5-0254/2000
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T5-0434/2000
• : Regulation 2000/2700
• : OJ L 311 12.12.2000, p. 0017-0020

History

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