BETA


2011/0260(COD) EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences; Commission delegated powers

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead INTA MARTIN David (icon: S&D S&D) FJELLNER Christofer (icon: PPE PPE), RINALDI Niccolò (icon: ALDE ALDE), KELLER Ska (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), STURDY Robert (icon: ECR ECR)
Former Responsible Committee INTA MARTIN David (icon: S&D S&D)
Former Committee Opinion DEVE
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p2

Events

2013/06/18
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to amend Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

CONTENT:

Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 granted a number of countries duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market under certain conditions (in particular, the extension of certain trade preferences to these countries as of 1 January 2008, in anticipation on their behalf of the steps towards ratification of an EPA).

Following the negotiation process on Economic Partnership Agreements with the ACP countries, which ran from 2002 until December 2007, a certain number of countries neither took the necessary steps toward ratification of their respective EPAs nor concluded the overall regional negotiations. These countries therefore no longer fulfil the necessary conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 permitting them to benefit from the envisaged provisional application of trade preferences.

On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the trade preferences granted to these countries should no longer be maintained . Accordingly, the Regulation should be amended by removing the countries in question from the list (Annex I of the Regulation).

As a result, the European Parliament and the Council have adopted this Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 and, in particular, its Annex I with a view to removing from its list those countries that have not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA.

Annex: the countries (i.e. those that have not concluded negotiations) listed in Annex I of the amended Regulation are as follows:

Antigua and Barbuda The Commonwealth of the Bahamas Barbados Belize The Commonwealth of Dominica The Dominican Republic Grenada The Cooperative Republic of Guyana Jamaica The Republic of Madagascar The Republic of Mauritius The Independent State of Papua New Guinea Federation of Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Republic of Seychelles The Republic of Suriname The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Zimbabwe.

DELEGATED ACTS: the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated so as to amend the annex of the Regulation and to reinstate ACP countries or regions which were removed from the list and that, in the meantime, have taken the necessary measures towards the ratification of their respective EPAs.

The power to adopt delegated acts will be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 21 June 2013. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period.

The European Parliament or the Council may object to the delegated act within a period of two months of notification of that act (which may be extended by two months.) If the European Parliament or Council objects, the delegated act shall not enter into force. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

The delegation of power may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force.

The European Parliament or the Council may object to the delegated act within a period of two months of notification of that act (which may be extended by a further two months). If either the European Parliament or Council objects, the delegated act shall not enter into force.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Regulation enters into force on 21.06.2013. It is applicable from 1 October 2014.

2013/05/21
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2013/05/21
   CSL - Final act signed
2013/05/21
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2013/05/15
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2013/05/13
   CSL - Act approved by Council, 2nd reading
2013/05/13
   CSL - Council Meeting
2013/05/03
   EC - Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
Details

In its opinion on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's position amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the Commission states that it supports the Parliament’s position.

To recall, the proposal aims to amend the list of countries benefiting from the preferences (Annex I of the Regulation) by removing, on 1 January 2014, those which have still not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA. It is intended to ensure equitable treatment vis-à-vis EPA partners that are fully complying with their obligations (19 countries in total).

As regards the amendments proposed by the Parliament, the Commission expresses itself as follows:

delay of the date of entry into force : at second reading, the European Parliament proposes to delay the entry into force of the amendment to the Market Access Regulation by ten months, i.e. to 1 October 2014. The Commission considers its original proposal of entry into force on 1 January 2014 preferable as any further delays increase the risks associated with extending a temporary arrangement that cannot provide a solid legal basis of ACP market access. However, with a view to ensuring inter-institutional unity and a broad majority for the adoption of the amendment proposal the amendment is nevertheless acceptable ; amendment to limit the delegation of powers : in another amendment, Parliament limits in time the delegation of powers conferred to the Commission to five years with tacit renewal. While this is not the preferred approach of the Commission, this does not raise any particular problems in the case at hand and is therefore acceptable .

In conclusion, the Commission amends its proposal as set out above.

2013/04/16
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2013/04/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

Parliament adopted its position at second reading, following the ordinary legislative procedure, which amends the Council position.

The amendment adopted by the Parliament concerns the conditions as regards the delegation of power conferred on the Commission to adopt delegated acts : the power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation (tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration) and the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period.

Documents
2013/03/25
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
Details

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

The committee recommends that the position of the European Parliament, adopted in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure, should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

Delegated acts : Members propose limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission to five years from the entry into force of the Regulation (period may be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration) and obliging the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period.

Entry into force : Members propose that the Regulation shall apply as from 1 October 2014 .

Documents
2013/03/21
   EP - Vote in committee, 2nd reading
2013/02/28
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2013/01/17
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
2013/01/10
   EC - Commission communication on Council's position
Details

In its opinion on the position of the Council on the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the Commission states that it can accept the amendments introduced by the Council to its proposal.

The Commission rejects three of four amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first reading: two of the amendments concern procedural aspects related to delegated acts and are not in line with the Common Understanding on Delegated Acts. The third one relates to the date of entry into force of the amendment to the Regulation (1 January 2016 rather than 1 January 2014).

The Council did not take up the Parliament's amendments. It did, however, introduce one amendment which re-instates Zimbabwe in Annex I. This country has ratified an EPA since the Commission's proposal was adopted. The modification is in line with the logic of the proposal itself therefore the Commission can accept the amendment introduced by the Council.

2012/12/11
   CSL - Council position
Details

In accordance with the political agreement reached on 22 October 2012, the Council adopted its position in first reading on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations on an economic partnership agreement.

Council position : overall, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment related to the insertion of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007.

At the time when the Commission submitted its proposal, 18 countries, including the Zimbabwe, had not taken the necessary steps towards ratifying the Economic Partnership Agreements. However, in spring 2012, Zimbabwe notified the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement. This is why the Council adds Zimbabwe to Annex I of the amended Regulation.

EP amendments : on 13 September 2012, the European Parliament adopted its position at first reading introducing several amendments to the proposal:

Timetable for entry into force : with regard to the postponement of the date of entry into force of the Regulation from 1 January 2016 instead of 1 January 2014, the Council shares the Commission’s approach that the initially proposed timetable gives those potentially affected countries the time to implement an Economic Partnership Agreement and thus maintain their current access to the EU. Consequently the Council could not accept this EP amendment . Delegation of powers : as for the powers conferred on the Commission , the European Parliament has emphasised the need to be properly involved in the preparation and implementation of delegated acts by limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission for a period of five years, and asking the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The European Parliament suggests that the delegation of power should be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. The European Parliament also suggests that the European Parliament and Council should have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act. The Council shares the Commission’s approach regarding the powers conferred on the Commission and, consequently, the Council could not accept EP amendments on the delegation of power .

In conclusion, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment in order to reflect the introduction of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. It looks forward to constructive discussions with the European Parliament at second reading with a view to the early adoption of the Regulation.

Documents
2012/12/11
   CSL - Council Meeting
2012/12/10
   CSL - Council position published
Details

In accordance with the political agreement reached on 22 October 2012, the Council adopted its position in first reading on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations on an economic partnership agreement.

Council position : overall, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment related to the insertion of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007.

At the time when the Commission submitted its proposal, 18 countries, including the Zimbabwe, had not taken the necessary steps towards ratifying the Economic Partnership Agreements. However, in spring 2012, Zimbabwe notified the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement. This is why the Council adds Zimbabwe to Annex I of the amended Regulation.

EP amendments : on 13 September 2012, the European Parliament adopted its position at first reading introducing several amendments to the proposal:

Timetable for entry into force : with regard to the postponement of the date of entry into force of the Regulation from 1 January 2016 instead of 1 January 2014, the Council shares the Commission’s approach that the initially proposed timetable gives those potentially affected countries the time to implement an Economic Partnership Agreement and thus maintain their current access to the EU. Consequently the Council could not accept this EP amendment . Delegation of powers : as for the powers conferred on the Commission , the European Parliament has emphasised the need to be properly involved in the preparation and implementation of delegated acts by limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission for a period of five years, and asking the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The European Parliament suggests that the delegation of power should be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. The European Parliament also suggests that the European Parliament and Council should have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act. The Council shares the Commission’s approach regarding the powers conferred on the Commission and, consequently, the Council could not accept EP amendments on the delegation of power .

In conclusion, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment in order to reflect the introduction of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. It looks forward to constructive discussions with the European Parliament at second reading with a view to the early adoption of the Regulation.

Documents
2012/12/05
   CSL - Council statement on its position
Documents
2012/10/22
   CSL - Council Meeting
2012/09/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 322 votes to 78 with 218 abstentions a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Ann ex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

Parliament adopted its position on first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure. The main amendments are as follows:

Postponement of the date of entry into force of the Regulation: Parliament wants the Regulation to apply from 1 January 2016 rather than 2014. It considers that the proposed timetable is unrealistic and is far too short to permit the satisfactory conclusion of the negotiations under way on the partnership agreements.

Date of application: the Regulation will apply from 1 January 2016, rather than 2014 .

Powers conferred on the Commission: Parliament made the following amendments:

it emphasised the need for the European Parliament to be duly involved in preparation and implementation of delegated acts ; the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years (rather than for an indeterminate period, as the Commission had proposed); the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period; the European Parliament and Council will have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act.

It should be noted that the plenary session rejected a proposal from the GUE/NGL group to reject the Commission’s proposal by 98 votes for, 510 against, with 9 abstentions.

Documents
2012/09/12
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2012/06/25
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Details

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations.

The committee recommends that the European Parliament’s position in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows:

Powers conferred on the Commission : the committee made the following amendments:

· it emphasised the need for the European Parliament to be duly involved in preparation and implementation of delegated acts;

· the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years (rather than for an indeterminate period , as the Commission had proposed);

· the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period;

· the European Parliament and Council will have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act.

Date of application : the Regulation will apply from 1 January 2016 , rather than 2014.

Documents
2012/06/21
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2012/06/05
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2012/05/09
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2012/04/13
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2012/01/11
   PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
Documents
2011/10/12
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2011/10/11
   EP - MARTIN David (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2011/10/11
   EP - MARTIN David (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2011/09/30
   EC - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE : to amend the list of countries that benefit from trade preferences by removing those which have still not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007.

PROPOSED ACT : Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

BACKGROUND : Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 granted a number of countries duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market under certain conditions. After the negotiation process of the EPA with the ACP regions was concluded in December of 2007, a number of countries were offered such access in anticipation of the steps towards ratification of an EPA. However, several countries have neither taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA nor concluded comprehensive regional negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal intends to remove those countries which have not signed their Agreements or have not ratified their agreements.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT : no impact assessment was undertaken.

LEGAL BASIS : Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

CONTENT : the following States have not taken steps towards the completion of their respective agreements and will be removed from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007:

Botswana; Burundi; Cameroon; the Comoros; Côte d’Ivoire; the Fiji Islands; Ghana; Haiti; Kenya; Lesotho; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

According to the criteria set out in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, trade preferences granted to these countries should no longer be maintained. The Commission will continue to work with a view to ensuring that these countries become a contracting party to an EPA, and will use to the full the recent momentum of different negotiations to create a sustainable long term trade regime with these partners in keeping with the EPA negotiating directives and the priorities set out in the Cotonou Agreement.

The Commission has informed the Council, the European Parliament, the ACP Group of States and civil society that the current situation is not sustainable, as duty-free quota-free market access is still granted to beneficiary countries which are not taking the necessary steps towards ratification of the agreements on which this access is based, thus removing the justification for its advance provisional application.

Delegated acts: should the countries removed from Annex I take the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA, they would continue to benefit from the respective trade preferences and could therefore be re-instated in the Annex as soon as possible in order to provide continuity of their market access. To this end the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU for the purpose of amending Annex I in order to reinstate these countries. The proposal states that the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time and may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. A delegated act shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months and that period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no financial impact on expenditure but has a financial impact on revenue – the effect is as follows: the amount budgeted for the year 2011: EUR 16 653 700 000. Own resources (customs duties) will increase by EUR 381.60 million for each year from 2014 to 2016 inclusive.

The reason is that if a country is removed from a list of beneficiaries, it will export to the EU under a different trade regime which is either less favourable or at best equal to the regime offered by the Regulation, resulting in more customs duties being collected on behalf of the EU.

The calculation of impact on the EU budget takes the situation created by Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as the status quo (duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market, no duties paid). Then, for each country concerned, it compares the status quo to duties paid under an alternative trade regime each country will enjoy once removed from the list of beneficiaries, which is as follows:

for least-developed countries (LDCs): the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, offering duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market (no duties paid); for upper-middle-income countries (UMICs): the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment (duties paid as per general EU tariff schedule); for other developing countries (DCs): the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) that suspends or reduces tariffs (some duties paid, some at a reduced rate).

The final impact on the EU budget will depend on the number of countries removed from the list of beneficiaries. The amendment proposes to remove 18 countries from Annex I, of which 9 would not benefit from the EBA scheme and therefore their exports to the EU would be subject to a duty. However, if they fulfill certain conditions before the amendment takes effect on 1 January 2014, they will continue to benefit from current trade preferences. In this respect, the figure given is a maximum, as it assumes all 9 concerned countries will be removed: in fact, if a country continues to benefit from the Regulation, the customs duties will not accrue to the EU budget and the figure will be lower.

2011/09/30
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE : to amend the list of countries that benefit from trade preferences by removing those which have still not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007.

PROPOSED ACT : Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

BACKGROUND : Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 granted a number of countries duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market under certain conditions. After the negotiation process of the EPA with the ACP regions was concluded in December of 2007, a number of countries were offered such access in anticipation of the steps towards ratification of an EPA. However, several countries have neither taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA nor concluded comprehensive regional negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal intends to remove those countries which have not signed their Agreements or have not ratified their agreements.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT : no impact assessment was undertaken.

LEGAL BASIS : Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

CONTENT : the following States have not taken steps towards the completion of their respective agreements and will be removed from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007:

Botswana; Burundi; Cameroon; the Comoros; Côte d’Ivoire; the Fiji Islands; Ghana; Haiti; Kenya; Lesotho; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

According to the criteria set out in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, trade preferences granted to these countries should no longer be maintained. The Commission will continue to work with a view to ensuring that these countries become a contracting party to an EPA, and will use to the full the recent momentum of different negotiations to create a sustainable long term trade regime with these partners in keeping with the EPA negotiating directives and the priorities set out in the Cotonou Agreement.

The Commission has informed the Council, the European Parliament, the ACP Group of States and civil society that the current situation is not sustainable, as duty-free quota-free market access is still granted to beneficiary countries which are not taking the necessary steps towards ratification of the agreements on which this access is based, thus removing the justification for its advance provisional application.

Delegated acts: should the countries removed from Annex I take the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA, they would continue to benefit from the respective trade preferences and could therefore be re-instated in the Annex as soon as possible in order to provide continuity of their market access. To this end the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU for the purpose of amending Annex I in order to reinstate these countries. The proposal states that the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time and may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. A delegated act shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months and that period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no financial impact on expenditure but has a financial impact on revenue – the effect is as follows: the amount budgeted for the year 2011: EUR 16 653 700 000. Own resources (customs duties) will increase by EUR 381.60 million for each year from 2014 to 2016 inclusive.

The reason is that if a country is removed from a list of beneficiaries, it will export to the EU under a different trade regime which is either less favourable or at best equal to the regime offered by the Regulation, resulting in more customs duties being collected on behalf of the EU.

The calculation of impact on the EU budget takes the situation created by Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as the status quo (duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market, no duties paid). Then, for each country concerned, it compares the status quo to duties paid under an alternative trade regime each country will enjoy once removed from the list of beneficiaries, which is as follows:

for least-developed countries (LDCs): the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, offering duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market (no duties paid); for upper-middle-income countries (UMICs): the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment (duties paid as per general EU tariff schedule); for other developing countries (DCs): the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) that suspends or reduces tariffs (some duties paid, some at a reduced rate).

The final impact on the EU budget will depend on the number of countries removed from the list of beneficiaries. The amendment proposes to remove 18 countries from Annex I, of which 9 would not benefit from the EBA scheme and therefore their exports to the EU would be subject to a duty. However, if they fulfill certain conditions before the amendment takes effect on 1 January 2014, they will continue to benefit from current trade preferences. In this respect, the figure given is a maximum, as it assumes all 9 concerned countries will be removed: in fact, if a country continues to benefit from the Regulation, the customs duties will not accrue to the EU budget and the figure will be lower.

Documents

Activities

Votes

A7-0207/2012 - David Martin - Am 5 #

2012/09/13 Outcome: -: 510, +: 98, 0: 9
SE MT CY ?? LV EE LU PT NL DK FI AT LT SI IE BE SK BG EL CZ HU FR RO GB ES DE PL IT
Total
20
3
6
2
7
6
6
16
8
9
11
18
8
8
11
14
11
12
20
22
19
64
30
51
42
91
47
55
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
48

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Greece Verts/ALE

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
30

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
19

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Belgium NI

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria NI

Against (1)

1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

France NI

2

Romania NI

Against (1)

2

United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

3

Spain NI

Against (1)

1
icon: EFD EFD
23

Netherlands EFD

Against (1)

1

Finland EFD

Against (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

Against (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Against (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

Against (1)

1

Greece EFD

2

Poland EFD

2
icon: ECR ECR
42

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

Denmark ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Hungary ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
68

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

1

Netherlands ALDE

2

Denmark ALDE

3
3

Lithuania ALDE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (2)

2

Slovakia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Greece ALDE

Against (1)

1

Spain ALDE

1
icon: S&D S&D
163

Malta S&D

Against (1)

2
2

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Netherlands S&D

Against (1)

1

Finland S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Ireland S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

2

Hungary S&D

3
icon: PPE PPE
224

Malta PPE

Against (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

PPE

2

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Netherlands PPE

2

Finland PPE

3

Ireland PPE

3

Belgium PPE

3

Czechia PPE

2

A7-0207/2012 - David Martin - Am 6 #

2012/09/13 Outcome: -: 516, +: 96, 0: 5
SE CY ?? LV MT EE LU PT NL FI DK LT SI IE AT BE BG SK EL CZ HU RO FR GB ES DE PL IT
Total
20
6
2
7
3
6
6
16
8
10
9
8
8
11
18
14
11
11
20
22
20
30
65
50
42
91
48
55
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
48

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Greece Verts/ALE

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
30

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
19

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Belgium NI

Against (1)

1

Bulgaria NI

Against (1)

1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Romania NI

Against (1)

2

France NI

2

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

3

Spain NI

Against (1)

1
icon: EFD EFD
24

Netherlands EFD

Against (1)

1

Finland EFD

Against (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

Against (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Against (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

Against (1)

1

Greece EFD

2
icon: ECR ECR
42

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

Denmark ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Hungary ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
67

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

1

Netherlands ALDE

2
3

Denmark ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (2)

2

Slovakia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Greece ALDE

Against (1)

1

Spain ALDE

1
icon: S&D S&D
163
2

Malta S&D

2

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Netherlands S&D

Against (1)

1

Finland S&D

Against (1)

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Ireland S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

2
icon: PPE PPE
224

Cyprus PPE

2

PPE

2

Malta PPE

Against (1)

1

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Netherlands PPE

2

Finland PPE

3

Ireland PPE

3

Belgium PPE

3

Czechia PPE

2

A7-0207/2012 - David Martin - Am 4 #

2012/09/13 Outcome: +: 316, -: 287, 0: 12
DE IE GB FR ES AT DK RO EE FI SI LU BG SK BE EL PT CY NL MT LT ?? CZ LV SE IT HU PL
Total
91
11
51
64
43
18
9
28
6
11
8
6
12
11
14
20
16
6
8
3
8
2
22
6
20
55
19
47
icon: S&D S&D
165

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1

Finland S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Bulgaria S&D

2

Netherlands S&D

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
67

Spain ALDE

1
3

Slovenia ALDE

2

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovakia ALDE

For (1)

1

Greece ALDE

1

Netherlands ALDE

2

Lithuania ALDE

1

Sweden ALDE

4
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
48

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

3

Spain Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Greece Verts/ALE

1

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
30

Ireland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

Netherlands GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

1
icon: NI NI
19

United Kingdom NI

For (1)

3

France NI

2

Spain NI

1

Romania NI

2

Bulgaria NI

1

Belgium NI

Against (1)

1

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Hungary NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2
icon: EFD EFD
25

Finland EFD

Against (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

Abstain (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Against (1)

1

Greece EFD

2

Netherlands EFD

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

Abstain (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
41

Denmark ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

Hungary ECR

Against (1)

1
icon: PPE PPE
220

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Finland PPE

3

Slovenia PPE

For (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Luxembourg PPE

For (1)

3

Belgium PPE

3

Cyprus PPE

2

Netherlands PPE

2

Malta PPE

Against (1)

1

PPE

2

Czechia PPE

2

A7-0207/2012 - David Martin - Résolution législative #

2012/09/13 Outcome: +: 322, 0: 218, -: 78
DE FR IT ES RO GB AT EL FI DK BG BE IE PT EE SK LU SI CY LT NL MT SE LV HU CZ ?? PL
Total
91
65
55
43
29
50
18
20
11
9
12
14
11
16
6
11
6
8
6
7
8
3
20
7
20
22
2
48
icon: S&D S&D
164

Finland S&D

2

Bulgaria S&D

2

Estonia S&D

For (1)

1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Slovenia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

1

Netherlands S&D

For (1)

1
icon: ALDE ALDE
68

Spain ALDE

1

Greece ALDE

1
3

Slovakia ALDE

Abstain (1)

1

Luxembourg ALDE

For (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

2

Lithuania ALDE

1

Netherlands ALDE

Abstain (1)

2

Sweden ALDE

Abstain (1)

4
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
48

Spain Verts/ALE

2

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

2

Greece Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

2

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

Abstain (1)

4

Latvia Verts/ALE

1
icon: EFD EFD
24

Greece EFD

Abstain (1)

2

Finland EFD

For (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Against (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

For (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

For (1)

1

Netherlands EFD

For (1)

1
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
30

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

United Kingdom GUE/NGL

1

Greece GUE/NGL

2

Ireland GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Portugal GUE/NGL

4

Netherlands GUE/NGL

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: NI NI
19

France NI

2

Spain NI

1

Romania NI

2
3

Bulgaria NI

1

Belgium NI

Abstain (1)

1

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Hungary NI

Abstain (1)

2
icon: PPE PPE
224

Finland PPE

3

Belgium PPE

For (1)

3

Ireland PPE

3

Estonia PPE

Abstain (1)

1

Slovakia PPE

Against (1)

4

Luxembourg PPE

For (1)

3

Slovenia PPE

For (1)

Against (1)

4

Cyprus PPE

2

Netherlands PPE

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Malta PPE

Abstain (1)

1

Czechia PPE

2

PPE

2
icon: ECR ECR
41

Denmark ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

Hungary ECR

Against (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
9 2011/0260(COD)
2012/05/09 INTA 8 amendments...
source: PE-489.418
2012/05/14 DEVE 1 amendments...
source: PE-489.520

History

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

docs/0
date
2011-09-30T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Legislative proposal
body
EC
docs/5
date
2012-12-11T00:00:00
docs
url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=15519%2F12&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 15519/1/2012
summary
type
Council position
body
CSL
docs/6
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
docs/8
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
docs/9
date
2012-01-12T00:00:00
docs
url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2011)0598 title: COM(2011)0598
type
Contribution
body
PT_PARLIAMENT
docs/11
date
2012-01-11T00:00:00
docs
url: https://connectfolx.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2011)0598 title: COM(2011)0598
type
Contribution
body
PT_PARLIAMENT
events/6/date
Old
2012-12-11T00:00:00
New
2012-12-10T00:00:00
links/National parliaments/url
Old
http://www.ipex.eu/IPEXL-WEB/dossier/dossier.do?code=COD&year=2011&number=0260&appLng=EN
New
https://ipexl.europarl.europa.eu/IPEXL-WEB/dossier/code=COD&year=2011&number=0260&appLng=EN
committees/0/shadows/4
name
SCHOLZ Helmut
group
European United Left - Nordic Green Left
abbr
GUE/NGL
committees/2/rapporteur
  • name: ZIMMER Gabriele date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL
docs/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE483.670
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-PR-483670_EN.html
docs/1/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE489.418
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-489418_EN.html
docs/2/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE486.224&secondRef=02
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/DEVE-AD-486224_EN.html
docs/5/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE506.096
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-PR-506096_EN.html
events/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
events/1/type
Old
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
New
Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
events/2/type
Old
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
New
Vote in committee, 1st reading
events/3
date
2012-06-25T00:00:00
type
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
body
EP
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2012-0207_EN.html title: A7-0207/2012
summary
events/3
date
2012-06-25T00:00:00
type
Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
body
EP
docs
url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2012-0207_EN.html title: A7-0207/2012
summary
events/4/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20120912&type=CRE
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-7-2011-09-12-TOC_EN.html
events/5
date
2012-09-13T00:00:00
type
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
body
EP
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2012-0342_EN.html title: T7-0342/2012
summary
events/5
date
2012-09-13T00:00:00
type
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
body
EP
docs
url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2012-0342_EN.html title: T7-0342/2012
summary
events/9/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2013-0123_EN.html
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2013-0123_EN.html
events/11/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2013-0112_EN.html
New
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2013-0112_EN.html
procedure/Modified legal basis
Rules of Procedure EP 150
procedure/Other legal basis
Rules of Procedure EP 159
procedure/instrument
Old
  • Regulation
  • Amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
New
Regulation
committees/0
type
Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
shadows
committees/0
type
Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
shadows
committees/1
type
Former Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
committees/1
type
Former Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
committees/2
type
Former Committee Opinion
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
Development
committee
DEVE
rapporteur
name: ZIMMER Gabriele date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL
committees/2
type
Former Committee Opinion
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
Development
committee
DEVE
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: ZIMMER Gabriele group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL
docs/6
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
docs/6
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
docs/7/body
EC
events/3/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-207&language=EN
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2012-0207_EN.html
events/5/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-342
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2012-0342_EN.html
events/9/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2013-123&language=EN
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-7-2013-0123_EN.html
events/11/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2013-112
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-7-2013-0112_EN.html
docs/6
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
docs/6
date
2013-05-03T00:00:00
docs
summary
type
Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading
body
EC
events/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
activities
  • date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0598 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52011PC0598:EN body: EC commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade Commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel type: Legislative proposal published
  • date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-207&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A7-0207/2012 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00
  • date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20120912&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-342 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0342/2012 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3193
  • body: CSL meeting_id: 3210 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=15519%2F12&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Council position published title: 15519/1/2012 council: General Affairs date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 type: Council Meeting
  • date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • date: 2013-03-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2013-123&language=EN type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading title: A7-0123/2013 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David date: 2013-03-25T00:00:00
  • date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=22778&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2013-112 type: Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading title: T7-0112/2013 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3237
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Final act signed
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32013R0527 title: Regulation 2013/527 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2013:165:TOC title: OJ L 165 18.06.2013, p. 0059
commission
  • body: EC dg: Trade commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
committees/0
type
Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
shadows
committees/0
body
EP
responsible
False
committee
DEVE
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
committee_full
Development
rapporteur
group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele
committees/1
type
Former Responsible Committee
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
International Trade
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: MARTIN David group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D
committees/1
body
EP
shadows
responsible
True
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
committee_full
International Trade
rapporteur
group: S&D name: MARTIN David
committees/2
type
Former Committee Opinion
body
EP
associated
False
committee_full
Development
committee
DEVE
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
rapporteur
name: ZIMMER Gabriele group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL
committees/2
body
EP
responsible
True
committee
INTA
date
2011-10-11T00:00:00
committee_full
International Trade
rapporteur
group: S&D name: MARTIN David
council
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3237 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3237*&MEET_DATE=13/05/2013 date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: General Affairs meeting_id: 3210 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3210*&MEET_DATE=11/12/2012 date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3193 url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=3193*&MEET_DATE=22/10/2012 date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00
docs
  • date: 2012-04-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE483.670 title: PE483.670 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2012-05-09T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE489.418 title: PE489.418 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2012-06-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE486.224&secondRef=02 title: PE486.224 committee: DEVE type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2012-12-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=16737%2F12&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 16737/2012 type: Council statement on its position body: CSL
  • date: 2013-01-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2013/0007/COM_COM(2013)0007_EN.doc title: COM(2013)0007 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2013&nu_doc=7 title: EUR-Lex summary: In its opinion on the position of the Council on the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the Commission states that it can accept the amendments introduced by the Council to its proposal. The Commission rejects three of four amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first reading: two of the amendments concern procedural aspects related to delegated acts and are not in line with the Common Understanding on Delegated Acts. The third one relates to the date of entry into force of the amendment to the Regulation (1 January 2016 rather than 1 January 2014). The Council did not take up the Parliament's amendments. It did, however, introduce one amendment which re-instates Zimbabwe in Annex I. This country has ratified an EPA since the Commission's proposal was adopted. The modification is in line with the logic of the proposal itself therefore the Commission can accept the amendment introduced by the Council. type: Commission communication on Council's position body: EC
  • date: 2013-02-28T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE506.096 title: PE506.096 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2013-05-03T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2013&nu_doc=277 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(2013)0277 summary: In its opinion on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's position amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the Commission states that it supports the Parliament’s position. To recall, the proposal aims to amend the list of countries benefiting from the preferences (Annex I of the Regulation) by removing, on 1 January 2014, those which have still not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA. It is intended to ensure equitable treatment vis-à-vis EPA partners that are fully complying with their obligations (19 countries in total). As regards the amendments proposed by the Parliament, the Commission expresses itself as follows: delay of the date of entry into force : at second reading, the European Parliament proposes to delay the entry into force of the amendment to the Market Access Regulation by ten months, i.e. to 1 October 2014. The Commission considers its original proposal of entry into force on 1 January 2014 preferable as any further delays increase the risks associated with extending a temporary arrangement that cannot provide a solid legal basis of ACP market access. However, with a view to ensuring inter-institutional unity and a broad majority for the adoption of the amendment proposal the amendment is nevertheless acceptable ; amendment to limit the delegation of powers : in another amendment, Parliament limits in time the delegation of powers conferred to the Commission to five years with tacit renewal. While this is not the preferred approach of the Commission, this does not raise any particular problems in the case at hand and is therefore acceptable . In conclusion, the Commission amends its proposal as set out above. type: Commission opinion on Parliament's position at 2nd reading body: EC
  • date: 2013-05-15T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=22778&j=0&l=en title: SP(2013)338 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=[%n4]%2F13&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 00013/2013/LEX type: Draft final act body: CSL
  • date: 2012-01-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.connefof.europarl.europa.eu/connefof/app/exp/COM(2011)0598 title: COM(2011)0598 type: Contribution body: PT_PARLIAMENT
events
  • date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0598 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=598 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE : to amend the list of countries that benefit from trade preferences by removing those which have still not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. PROPOSED ACT : Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. BACKGROUND : Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 granted a number of countries duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market under certain conditions. After the negotiation process of the EPA with the ACP regions was concluded in December of 2007, a number of countries were offered such access in anticipation of the steps towards ratification of an EPA. However, several countries have neither taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA nor concluded comprehensive regional negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal intends to remove those countries which have not signed their Agreements or have not ratified their agreements. IMPACT ASSESSMENT : no impact assessment was undertaken. LEGAL BASIS : Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. CONTENT : the following States have not taken steps towards the completion of their respective agreements and will be removed from Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007: Botswana; Burundi; Cameroon; the Comoros; Côte d’Ivoire; the Fiji Islands; Ghana; Haiti; Kenya; Lesotho; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe. According to the criteria set out in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, trade preferences granted to these countries should no longer be maintained. The Commission will continue to work with a view to ensuring that these countries become a contracting party to an EPA, and will use to the full the recent momentum of different negotiations to create a sustainable long term trade regime with these partners in keeping with the EPA negotiating directives and the priorities set out in the Cotonou Agreement. The Commission has informed the Council, the European Parliament, the ACP Group of States and civil society that the current situation is not sustainable, as duty-free quota-free market access is still granted to beneficiary countries which are not taking the necessary steps towards ratification of the agreements on which this access is based, thus removing the justification for its advance provisional application. Delegated acts: should the countries removed from Annex I take the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA, they would continue to benefit from the respective trade preferences and could therefore be re-instated in the Annex as soon as possible in order to provide continuity of their market access. To this end the Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the TFEU for the purpose of amending Annex I in order to reinstate these countries. The proposal states that the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time and may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. A delegated act shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months and that period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the proposal has no financial impact on expenditure but has a financial impact on revenue – the effect is as follows: the amount budgeted for the year 2011: EUR 16 653 700 000. Own resources (customs duties) will increase by EUR 381.60 million for each year from 2014 to 2016 inclusive. The reason is that if a country is removed from a list of beneficiaries, it will export to the EU under a different trade regime which is either less favourable or at best equal to the regime offered by the Regulation, resulting in more customs duties being collected on behalf of the EU. The calculation of impact on the EU budget takes the situation created by Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as the status quo (duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market, no duties paid). Then, for each country concerned, it compares the status quo to duties paid under an alternative trade regime each country will enjoy once removed from the list of beneficiaries, which is as follows: for least-developed countries (LDCs): the Everything But Arms (EBA) scheme, offering duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market (no duties paid); for upper-middle-income countries (UMICs): the most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment (duties paid as per general EU tariff schedule); for other developing countries (DCs): the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) that suspends or reduces tariffs (some duties paid, some at a reduced rate). The final impact on the EU budget will depend on the number of countries removed from the list of beneficiaries. The amendment proposes to remove 18 countries from Annex I, of which 9 would not benefit from the EBA scheme and therefore their exports to the EU would be subject to a duty. However, if they fulfill certain conditions before the amendment takes effect on 1 January 2014, they will continue to benefit from current trade preferences. In this respect, the figure given is a maximum, as it assumes all 9 concerned countries will be removed: in fact, if a country continues to benefit from the Regulation, the customs duties will not accrue to the EU budget and the figure will be lower.
  • date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-207&language=EN title: A7-0207/2012 summary: The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations. The committee recommends that the European Parliament’s position in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal as follows: Powers conferred on the Commission : the committee made the following amendments: · it emphasised the need for the European Parliament to be duly involved in preparation and implementation of delegated acts; · the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years (rather than for an indeterminate period , as the Commission had proposed); · the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period; · the European Parliament and Council will have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act. Date of application : the Regulation will apply from 1 January 2016 , rather than 2014.
  • date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20120912&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-342 title: T7-0342/2012 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 322 votes to 78 with 218 abstentions a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Ann ex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations. Parliament adopted its position on first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure. The main amendments are as follows: Postponement of the date of entry into force of the Regulation: Parliament wants the Regulation to apply from 1 January 2016 rather than 2014. It considers that the proposed timetable is unrealistic and is far too short to permit the satisfactory conclusion of the negotiations under way on the partnership agreements. Date of application: the Regulation will apply from 1 January 2016, rather than 2014 . Powers conferred on the Commission: Parliament made the following amendments: it emphasised the need for the European Parliament to be duly involved in preparation and implementation of delegated acts ; the delegation of power shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years (rather than for an indeterminate period, as the Commission had proposed); the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period; the European Parliament and Council will have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act. It should be noted that the plenary session rejected a proposal from the GUE/NGL group to reject the Commission’s proposal by 98 votes for, 510 against, with 9 abstentions.
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 type: Council position published body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=15519%2F12&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 15519/1/2012 summary: In accordance with the political agreement reached on 22 October 2012, the Council adopted its position in first reading on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations on an economic partnership agreement. Council position : overall, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment related to the insertion of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. At the time when the Commission submitted its proposal, 18 countries, including the Zimbabwe, had not taken the necessary steps towards ratifying the Economic Partnership Agreements. However, in spring 2012, Zimbabwe notified the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement. This is why the Council adds Zimbabwe to Annex I of the amended Regulation. EP amendments : on 13 September 2012, the European Parliament adopted its position at first reading introducing several amendments to the proposal: Timetable for entry into force : with regard to the postponement of the date of entry into force of the Regulation from 1 January 2016 instead of 1 January 2014, the Council shares the Commission’s approach that the initially proposed timetable gives those potentially affected countries the time to implement an Economic Partnership Agreement and thus maintain their current access to the EU. Consequently the Council could not accept this EP amendment . Delegation of powers : as for the powers conferred on the Commission , the European Parliament has emphasised the need to be properly involved in the preparation and implementation of delegated acts by limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission for a period of five years, and asking the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The European Parliament suggests that the delegation of power should be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. The European Parliament also suggests that the European Parliament and Council should have four months (rather than two) to object to a delegated act. The Council shares the Commission’s approach regarding the powers conferred on the Commission and, consequently, the Council could not accept EP amendments on the delegation of power . In conclusion, the Council supports the Commission proposal with a technical adjustment in order to reflect the introduction of Zimbabwe in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007. It looks forward to constructive discussions with the European Parliament at second reading with a view to the early adoption of the Regulation.
  • date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading body: EP
  • date: 2013-03-21T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 2nd reading body: EP
  • date: 2013-03-25T00:00:00 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2013-123&language=EN title: A7-0123/2013 summary: The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by David MARTIN (S&D, UK) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations. The committee recommends that the position of the European Parliament, adopted in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure, should amend the Commission proposal as follows: Delegated acts : Members propose limiting the delegation of power conferred on the Commission to five years from the entry into force of the Regulation (period may be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration) and obliging the Commission to draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period. Entry into force : Members propose that the Regulation shall apply as from 1 October 2014 .
  • date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=22778&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2013-112 title: T7-0112/2013 summary: The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations. Parliament adopted its position at second reading, following the ordinary legislative procedure, which amends the Council position. The amendment adopted by the Parliament concerns the conditions as regards the delegation of power conferred on the Commission to adopt delegated acts : the power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation (tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration) and the Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five- year period.
  • date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00 type: Act approved by Council, 2nd reading body: CSL
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 type: Final act signed body: CSL
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to amend Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 applying the arrangements for products originating in certain African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states provided for in agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). LEGISLATIVE ACT: Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations. CONTENT: Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 granted a number of countries duty-free, quota-free access to the EU market under certain conditions (in particular, the extension of certain trade preferences to these countries as of 1 January 2008, in anticipation on their behalf of the steps towards ratification of an EPA). Following the negotiation process on Economic Partnership Agreements with the ACP countries, which ran from 2002 until December 2007, a certain number of countries neither took the necessary steps toward ratification of their respective EPAs nor concluded the overall regional negotiations. These countries therefore no longer fulfil the necessary conditions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 permitting them to benefit from the envisaged provisional application of trade preferences. On the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 2(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007, the trade preferences granted to these countries should no longer be maintained . Accordingly, the Regulation should be amended by removing the countries in question from the list (Annex I of the Regulation). As a result, the European Parliament and the Council have adopted this Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 and, in particular, its Annex I with a view to removing from its list those countries that have not taken the necessary steps towards ratification of an EPA. Annex: the countries (i.e. those that have not concluded negotiations) listed in Annex I of the amended Regulation are as follows: Antigua and Barbuda The Commonwealth of the Bahamas Barbados Belize The Commonwealth of Dominica The Dominican Republic Grenada The Cooperative Republic of Guyana Jamaica The Republic of Madagascar The Republic of Mauritius The Independent State of Papua New Guinea Federation of Saint Kitts And Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The Republic of Seychelles The Republic of Suriname The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Republic of Zimbabwe. DELEGATED ACTS: the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated so as to amend the annex of the Regulation and to reinstate ACP countries or regions which were removed from the list and that, in the meantime, have taken the necessary measures towards the ratification of their respective EPAs. The power to adopt delegated acts will be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 21 June 2013. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The European Parliament or the Council may object to the delegated act within a period of two months of notification of that act (which may be extended by two months.) If the European Parliament or Council objects, the delegated act shall not enter into force. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. The delegation of power may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. The European Parliament or the Council may object to the delegated act within a period of two months of notification of that act (which may be extended by a further two months). If either the European Parliament or Council objects, the delegated act shall not enter into force. ENTRY INTO FORCE: the Regulation enters into force on 21.06.2013. It is applicable from 1 October 2014. docs: title: Regulation 2013/527 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32013R0527 title: OJ L 165 18.06.2013, p. 0059 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2013:165:TOC
other
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
procedure/Modified legal basis
Old
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 150
New
Rules of Procedure EP 150
procedure/dossier_of_the_committee
Old
INTA/7/11134
New
  • INTA/7/11134
procedure/final/url
Old
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32013R0527
New
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32013R0527
procedure/instrument
Old
Regulation
New
  • Regulation
  • Amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
procedure/subject
Old
  • 6.20.03 Bilateral economic and trade agreements and relations
  • 6.20.04 Union Customs Code, tariffs, preferential arrangements, rules of origin
  • 6.30.01 Generalised scheme of tariff preferences, rules of origin
New
6.20.03
Bilateral economic and trade agreements and relations
6.20.04
Union Customs Code, tariffs, preferential arrangements, rules of origin
6.30.01
Generalised scheme of tariff preferences (GSP), rules of origin
procedure/summary
  • Amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
procedure/title
Old
EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences; Commission delegated powers
New
EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences; Commission delegated powers
activities/0/docs/0/celexid
CELEX:52011PC0598:EN
activities/0/docs/0/celexid
CELEX:52011PC0598:EN
activities/0/docs/0/url
Old
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
New
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf
links/European Commission/title
Old
PreLex
New
EUR-Lex
activities
  • date: 2011-09-30T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0598/COM_COM(2011)0598_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0598 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52011PC0598:EN body: EC type: Legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade Commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
  • date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • date: 2012-06-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-207&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A7-0207/2012 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00
  • date: 2012-09-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20120912&type=CRE type: Debate in Parliament title: Debate in Parliament body: EP type: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2012-09-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-342 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0342/2012 body: EP type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3193
  • body: CSL meeting_id: 3210 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=15519%2F12&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Council position published title: 15519/1/2012 council: General Affairs date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 type: Council Meeting
  • date: 2013-01-17T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • date: 2013-03-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2013-123&language=EN type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading title: A7-0123/2013 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David date: 2013-03-25T00:00:00
  • date: 2013-04-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=22778&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2013-112 type: Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading title: T7-0112/2013 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2013-05-13T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3237
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Final act signed
  • date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 2013-06-18T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32013R0527 title: Regulation 2013/527 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2013:165:TOC title: OJ L 165 18.06.2013, p. 0059
committees
  • body: EP responsible: False committee: DEVE date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Development rapporteur: group: GUE/NGL name: ZIMMER Gabriele
  • body: EP shadows: group: PPE name: FJELLNER Christofer group: ALDE name: RINALDI Niccolò group: Verts/ALE name: KELLER Ska group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
  • body: EP responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: S&D name: MARTIN David
links
National parliaments
European Commission
other
  • body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Former Council configuration
  • body: EC dg: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
procedure
dossier_of_the_committee
INTA/7/11134
reference
2011/0260(COD)
subtype
Legislation
legal_basis
Treaty on the Functioning of the EU TFEU 207-p2
stage_reached
Procedure completed
summary
Amending Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
instrument
Regulation
Modified legal basis
Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 150
title
EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences; Commission delegated powers
type
COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)
final
subject