Activites

• 2016/09/14 Final act signed
• 2016/09/14 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2016/09/13 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T8-0331/2016 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 Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards the conferral of delegated and implementing powers on the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. In line with the recommendation for second reading made by the Committee on International Trade, Parliament approved, unamended, the Council position at first reading.

• 2016/07/19 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
  • A8-0240/2016 summary

    The Committee on International Trade adopted the recommendation for second reading contained in the report by Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE) 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 Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards the conferral of delegated and implementing powers on the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. The committee recommended the European Parliament to approve the Council reading at first reading without amendments. In the explanatory memorandum accompanying the recommendation, it is recalled that the informal negotiations started under the Italian Presidency, following the adoption of Parliament's first reading position by the plenary on 12 March 2014, with a view to reaching an early second reading agreement. After several rounds of trilogues the negotiations were suspended while awaiting the adoption of the new Inter-institutional Agreement on Better Law-making which provides, inter alia, for a horizontal solution regarding the consultation of Member States’ experts in preparation of delegated acts. The adoption of the new Inter-institutional agreement in December 2015 thus enabled the Parliament's and Council's negotiating teams to reach an agreement on the Regulation in question. The agreed text was presented to the INTA Committee for a vote of approval on 21 April 2016, and was approved by an overwhelming majority.

• 2016/07/14 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• 2016/06/22 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• 2016/06/17 Council position published
  • 08536/1/2016 summary

    The Council adopted its position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards the conferral of delegated and implementing powers on the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. The purpose of the draft regulation is to align the Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. Delegated acts: under the Council position, the Commission shall: be empowered to adopt delegated acts adapting the list of customs procedures or customs-approved treatment in order to take account of changes in the Customs Code or provisions deriving from international conventions, changes necessary for methodological reasons and the need to set up an efficient system for the collection of data and the compilation of statistics; carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making; ensure that those delegated acts do not impose a significant additional burden on the Member States or on the respondents and that they remain as economical as possible. The power to adopt delegated acts shall be conferred on the Commission for a limited period of five years. Implementing acts: in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission enabling it to adopt measures relating to the linking of the data and the uniform content and coverage of transmitted statistics. Transmission of statistics: the position of the Council specifies certain specific obligations for Member States (inter alia transmission deadlines) directly in the basic act. Member States shall transmit to the Commission (Eurostat) the statistics no later than 40 days after the end of each monthly reference period. The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the uniform technical specifications for the content and coverage of the transmitted statistics. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure. European Statistical System Committee (ESSC): the reference to the Extrastat Committee shall be replaced by a reference to the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC), in the framework of the general restructuration and streamlining of the European Statistical System (ESS) structure.

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• 2016/06/16 Council Meeting
• 2014/11/06 Committee decision to open interinstitutional negotiations after 1st reading in Parliament
• 2014/03/12 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T7-0226/2014 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 654 votes to 19 with 9 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. Parliament’s position in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure amended the Commission proposal as follows : Use of delegated acts: the European Commission proposes the use of delegated acts in almost all cases where the regulatory procedure with scrutiny was originally used. The implementing acts are proposed in two cases, for the adoption of: ·        measures relating to the codes to be used for statistical data; and ·        measures relating to linking the data on imports and exports with the data on business. Parliament proposed that the above implementing acts be changed into delegated acts. The provisions relating to the Committee assisting the Commission have therefore been deleted. Parliament also suggested limiting the conferral of powers on the Commission to five years with the possibility of extending the delegated powers for periods of the same duration. Consolidated text: to ensure legal certainty and readability of legislation for the public, an amendment aims at having the consolidated version of the amended Regulation published in the Official Journal within three months from the entry into force of the amending Regulation.

• 2014/01/23 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A7-0042/2014 summary

    The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by Vital MOREIRA (S&D, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures. The parliamentary committee recommended that the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure modify the Commission proposal as follows. Use of delegated acts: the European Commission proposes the use of delegated acts in almost all cases where the regulatory procedure with scrutiny was originally used. The implementing acts are proposed in two cases, for the adoption of: ·        measures relating to the codes to be used for statistical data; and ·        measures relating to linking the data on imports and exports with the data on business. Members proposed that the above implementing acts be changed into delegated acts, as they consider that the Parliament should be more demanding on the separation of delegated and implementing acts. The provisions relating to the Committee assisting the Commission have therefore been deleted. The report also suggested limiting the conferral of powers on the Commission to five years with the possibility of extending the delegated powers for periods of the same duration. Consolidated text: to favour the legal certainty and readability of legislation for the public, an amendment aims at having the consolidated version of the amended Regulation published in the Official Journal within three months from the entry into force of the amending Regulation.

• 2014/01/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/09/10 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2013/08/08 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2013)0579 summary

    PURPOSE: to align Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries to new rules under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (delegated and implementing powers of the Commission). PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) makes a distinction between: powers which may be delegated to the Commission to adopt non-legislative acts of general application to supplement or amend certain non-essential elements of a particular legislative act, as laid down in Article 290(1) of the TFEU (delegated acts), and the implementing powers which shall be conferred on the Commission where uniform conditions for implementing legally binding Union acts are needed, as laid down in Article 291(2) of the TFEU (implementing acts). In connection with the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, the Commission has committed itself to reviewing, in the light of the criteria laid down in the TFEU, legislative acts which currently contain references to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny (previously known as “comitology”). The overall objective is to remove all provisions referring to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny from all legislative instruments by the end of Parliament’s seventh term (June 2014). IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the Commission did not undertake an impact assessment. LEGAL BASIS: Article 338(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: the proposal seeks to amend Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 in order to align it with the new institutional context. It is proposed to: empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts in respect of the adaptation of the list of customs procedures or provisions deriving from international conventions, changes necessary for methodological reasons and the necessity to set up an efficient system for the collection of data and the compilation of statistics; confer implementing powers on the Commission enabling it to adopt measures relating to the codes to be used for data referred to in Article 5(1) and also measures relating to the linking of the data on business characteristics with data recorded in accordance with the same Article. The Commission is also proposing to restructure the European Statistical System (ESS) to improve coordination and partnership in a clear pyramid structure, with the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) as the highest strategic body. One aspect of this streamlining is to concentrate comitology powers in the hands of the ESSC. In February 2012, the ESSC supported this new approach. BUDGETARY IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implications for the Union’s General Budget.

  • DG {'url': 'http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home', 'title': 'Eurostat'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2013)0579
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A7-0042/2014
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0226/2014
• Council position published: 08536/1/2016
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A8-0240/2016
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T8-0331/2016

Amendments

Dossier

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2013/0279(COD) 2013/12/10 INTA 11 amendments... Amendment 10 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 4 – point a Regulation (EC) 471/2009 Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating tobe empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 10a, delegated acts relating to the adoption of rules on the linking of the data and these statistics to be compiled. Amendment 11 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 4 – point a Regulation (EC) 471/2009 Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).deleted Amendment 12 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 7 (7) Article 11 is replaced by the following: The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics (*) This committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (*). Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall applydeleted. Amendment 13 # Jean-Pierre AUDY Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall be made available in consolidated form within three months of its entry into force. Amendment 3 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009, implementing powers should be conferred upon the Commission enabling it to adopt measures relating to the codes to be used for data referred to in Article 5(1) of that Regulation and measures relating to the linking of the data on business characteristics with data recorded in accordance with the same Article. These powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.deleted Amendment 4 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) The Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries (Extrastat Committee) referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 provides advice to the Commission and assists it in exercising its implementing powers.deleted Amendment 5 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) Under the strategy for a new European Statistical System (hereinafter referred to as ‘ESS’) structure intended to improve coordination and partnership in a clear pyramid structure within the ESS, the European Statistical System Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘ESSC’), established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics9 , should have an advisory role and assist the Commission in exercising its implementing powers. __________________ 9deleted OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164. Amendment 6 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 should be amended by replacing the reference to the Extrastat Committee with a reference to the ESSC.deleted Amendment 7 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 – point a Regulation (EC) 471/2009 Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 The Commission shall be empowered to adopt, in accordance with Article 10a, delegated acts relating to the adoption of rules with respect to the further specification of the data referred to in paragraph 1 and with respect to the measures relating to the codes to be used for these data. Amendment 8 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 – point a Regulation (EC) 471/2009 Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 The Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, measures relating to the codes to be used for these data.deleted Amendment 9 # Vital MOREIRA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 3 – point a Regulation (EC) 471/2009 Article – 5 paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 These implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2).deleted source: PE-524.808

History

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