Activites

• 2009/12/02 Additional information
• 2007/10/11 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0424/2007 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drawn up by Helmuth MARKOV (GUE/NGL, DE) and approved the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the relevant agreements under Article XXI GATS with Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Separate customs territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (Chinese Taipei), Columbia, Cuba, Ecuador, Hong Kong China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, and the United States, on the necessary compensatory adjustments resulting from the European Union enlargements of 1995 and 2004 (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden)..

• 2007/09/20 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0340/2007
• 2007/09/12 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/09/03 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2007/07/13 Legislative proposal published
  • 11507/2007 summary

    On 27 March 2007, the Commission submitted a proposal, based on Article 133 (1) and (5), in conjunction with Article 300 (2) of the EC Treaty, to the Council aiming to conclude negotiations with the “affected” WTO members by consolidating the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) current EC schedule (please refer to the summary of the initial proposal).The current European Community schedule only covers the specific commitments related to the twelveMember States of 1994. The individual schedules of specific commitments of the Member States that have joined the European Community in 1995 and in 2004 (new Member States) were adopted prior to their accession. This proposal aims in particular to conclude the relevant agreements under Article XXI GATS with the “affected” WTO members on the necessary compensatory adjustments resulting from the accession of the new Member States. This proposal was examined by the Ad hoc Article 133 Committee (Services). Following the examination, during which the Legal Services of the Council and the Commission provided their written contributions, all delegations agreed in a silence procedure, which expired on 2 July 2007, to make certain modifications to the proposal. They agreed, in particular, to extend the legal basis of the Decision to Articles 71, 80(2), 133(6) as well as 300(3) of the EC Treaty. As a consequence, it will be necessary to consult the European Parliament. Furthermore, the Decision should be adopted both by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of Member States meeting within the Council.It should be noted that the Commission is against the extension of the legal basis.The Permanent Representatives Committee is invited: i) to confirm the agreement on the modified proposal, as set out in Annex; ii) to decide to consult the European Parliament on the modified proposal, and iii) to invite delegations to initiate their national procedures for approving the agreements covered by the proposal.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/trade/', 'title': 'Trade'}, DE GUCHT Karel

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 11507/2007
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0340/2007
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0424/2007

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)