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Political agreement in Council on its 1st reading position



2013/0410(COD) Mutual assistance and cooperation between administrations to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters: antifraud system and customs risk management
Next event: Council Meeting 2015/05/11
RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Opinion AGRI
Opinion CONT
Lead IMCO CORREIA DE CAMPOS António Fernando (S&D) FOX Ashley (ECR), SCHMIDT Olle (ALDE), ROSS Tadeusz (PPE)
Lead IMCO CORREIA DE CAMPOS António Fernando (S&D)
Opinion LIBE
Lead committee dossier: IMCO/7/14647
Legal Basis TFEU 033, TFEU 325-p4

Activites

  • #3386
  • 2015/05/11 Council Meeting
  • 2014/04/15 Results of vote in Parliament
    • Results of vote in Parliament
    • T7-0344/2014 summary
  • 2014/03/26 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
    • A7-0241/2014 summary
  • 2014/03/18 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2013/12/09 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • 2013/11/25 Legislative proposal published
    • COM(2013)0796 summary
    • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/olaf/', 'title': 'European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)'}, BIEŃKOWSKA Elżbieta

Documents

AmendmentsDossier
76 2013/0410(COD)
2014/02/13 IMCO 76 amendments...
source: PE-529.735

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Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament EP 150
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  • The European Parliament adopted by 644 votes to 15 with 12 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters.

    Parliament’s position in first reading following the ordinary legislative procedure amended the Commission position as follows:

    Need to fight against fraud: it is recalled that, according to the Commission’s estimates, fraud resulting from false declaration of origin alone may amount to a yearly loss of as much as EUR 100 million for the EU27.

    In order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, Parliament stressed that the Union had a duty to combat customs fraud and thus contribute to the internal market's objective of having safe products with genuine certificates of origin. Given the increase in the scale of customs fraud, it was crucial to increase detection and prevention simultaneously at national and Union level.

    Recognition of evidence: for the sake of legal certainty, evidence gathered during the course of administrative processes-documents, certified true copies of documents, attestations, all instruments or decisions which emanate from the administrative authorities, reports, and any other intelligence-should be legally recognised in the Member States, whether arising from assistance on request or from spontaneous assistance, since there was no reason why the two types of circumstance should be treated differently in terms of their legal validity.

    Relations with the Commission: the amended text provided that the authorities must communicate to the Commission as soon as possible, but in any event not later than three weeks, either on their own initiative or in response to a reasoned request from the Commission, any relevant information. Where the Commission considered that irregularities had taken place, it shall inform the Member State concerned and that State shall at the earliest opportunity but in any event not later than three weeks after the information was received carry out an enquiry.

    Maritime transport: only maritime carriers that store data on the movement and status of containers or have access to such data shall report to the Commission Container Status Messages (CSMs). The required CSMs should be reported for containers destined to be brought by vessel into the customs territory of the Union from a third country.

    Speed up customs investigations: to this end, Members suggested that the Commission might, under certain circumstances and following a request to a Member State, obtain directly from economic operators documents supporting import and transit declarations. The economic operators concerned should be informed which type of procedure applies. These economic operators should be obliged to provide the Commission with the requested documents within three weeks, following advance notification by the Commission to the Member States.

    Data protection: operators must know which organisations and agencies the Commission might transfer data. For legal certainty and transparency Members proposed that the list should be laid down in the basic act, and include the World Customs Organisation, the International Maritime Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Air Transport Association as well as Europol.

    It was necessary to simplify the procedure governing the retention of data in the CIS.  by removing the obligation to review data annually and by setting maximum retention period of ten years, corresponding to periods provided for the directories established on the basis of this Regulation. However, the current limitation period of three years for breaches of customs legislation must not be superseded by the retention period.

    Implementing acts and delegated acts: an amendment stated that the Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts, provisions regarding obligations that may pertain to containers that are brought into the Union due to diversions.

    The Commission was also urged to consult closely with business representatives of the container liner shipping industry concerning the preparation of the delegated and implementing acts referred to in the regulation. They may be invited to participate in the relevant committee meetings and expert groups that should be used to develop such acts.

    Evaluation: two years after entry into force of the regulation, the Commission should carry out an assessment of the necessity of extend the data contained in the directory referred in Regulation (EC) No 515/97 by including data on export and on the feasibility of extend the data contained in the directory referred in Regulation (EC) No 515/97 by including data on import and transit of goods by land and air.

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  • The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection adopted the report by António Fernando CORREIA DE CAMPOS (S&D, PT) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 515/97 of 13 March 1997 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters.

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

    Need to fight against fraud: in order to ensure a high level of consumer protection, the report stressed that the Union had a duty to combat customs fraud and thus contribute to the internal market's objective of having safe products with genuine certificates of origin. Given the increase in the scale of customs fraud, it was crucial to increase detection and prevention simultaneously at national and Union level.

    Recognition of evidence: for the sake of legal certainty, evidence gathered during the course of administrative processes should be legally recognised in the Member States, whether arising from assistance on request or from spontaneous assistance, since there was no reason why the two types of circumstance should be treated differently in terms of their legal validity.

    Speed up customs investigations: to this end, Members suggested that the Commission might, under certain circumstances and following a request to a Member State, obtain directly from economic operators documents supporting import and transit declarations. The economic operators concerned should be informed which type of procedure applies. These economic operators should be obliged to provide the Commission with the requested documents in good time, following advance notification by the Commission to the Member States.

    Data protection: operators must know which organisations and agencies the Commission might transfer data. For legal certainty and transparency Members proposed that the list should be laid down in the basic act, and include the World Customs Organisation, the International Maritime Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the International Air Transport Association as well as Europol.

    Delegated acts: the Commission was urged to consult closely with business representatives of the container liner shipping industry concerning the preparation of the delegated and implementing acts referred to in the regulation. They may be invited to participate in the relevant committee meetings and expert groups that should be used to develop such acts.

    Evaluation: two years after entry into force of the regulation, the Commission should carry out an assessment of the necessity of extend the data contained in the directory referred in Article 18a of Regulation (EC) No 515/97 by including data on export and on the feasibility of extend the data contained in the directory referred in Article 18a of Regulation (EC) No 515/97 by including data on import and transit of goods by land and air.

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  • PURPOSE: to improve customs risk management and strengthen the detection and prevention of customs-related fraud.

    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 fight against breach of customs legislation entails extensive exchange of information in the framework of cooperation both between Member States and between the latter and the Commission.

    While such cooperation has already been successful, a number of areas have been identified where further action is necessary, mainly as regards the functioning of the antifraud system in the customs field and the improvement of customs risk management at national and Union levels.

    There are several challenges.

    ·        Address loopholes in the existing systems for the detection of customs-related fraud: the Commission considers that the effectiveness of current measures might be improved if the relevant services are supported by systematic availability of high-quality and timely data on container movements (Container Status Messages - CSMs) carrying goods, imports, exports and transit at national and EU levels.

    ·        Enhance customs risk management and supply chain security at national and EU levels: there is a need to: (i) establish an equivalent level of customs controls for goods brought into/ taken out of the customs territory of the Union; (ii) introduce a Union-wide risk management framework to support a common approach.

    ·        Address delays in OLAF investigations: the documents supporting import and export declarations (invoice, certificate of origin, etc.) are no longer kept by customs administrations but by economic operators. Member States must first obtain this information from economic operators before transmitting the information to the Commission. Such a system is inefficient because it delays OLAF’s investigations.

    ·        Clarify the possibility of restricting visibility of data: the AFIS IT system is currently underused because Member States are not able to select the potential users of the information they insert in the system. Users would more readily share information that they possess within the AFIS system if they were able to shield sensitive data.

    ·        Streamline data protection supervision: it is necessary to have closer collaboration between the two supervisory bodies: the European Data Protection Supervisor – EDPS and Customs Joint Supervisory Authority – CJSA. Another issue in the area of data protection which needs to be further clarified is the responsibility for the technical systems established by the Commission.

    ·         Clarify the admissibility of evidence collected under mutual assistance: it appears necessary to clarify that the evidence obtained through mutual assistance may be used by prosecutors in the national criminal proceedings.

     IMPACT ASSESSMENT: the assessment of policy options concluded that the main amendments would comprise the following objectives: (i) create conditions for improved fighting of customs fraud related to misdeclaration of goods origin, misdescription of goods and misuse of the transit system; (ii) speed up OLAF investigations.

    The proposed options are in line with the fundamental rights.

    CONTENT: the Commission proposes to amend Regulation (EC) n° 515/97 so as to improve the detection, investigation and prevention of customs-related fraud, by increasing the exchange of information and the available evidence, and improving the functioning of the established system.  

    Specifically, the proposal aims to:

    ·        update the concept of customs legislation, in order to have the terminology aligned with the customs field, adding references to entry and exit of goods;

    ·        remove the legal uncertainty that currently exists in relation to the possible use of information collected through mutual assistance as evidence in national criminal proceedings;

    ·        oblige carriers to supply the Commission with the information on container movements (i.e. Container Status Messages — CSMs);

    ·        create a central database for import and export data;

    ·        create a centralised repository for transit-related data;

    ·        enable the Commission to obtain directly from private sector operators documents supporting import and export declarations, in order to speed up OLAF’s investigations;

    ·        introduce the possibility of selecting the potential users of data (restricted visibility) so that Member States might increase the use of databases and consequently contribute to efficiency;

    ·        simplify and harmonise the rules for the supervision of data protection rules applicable to the EDPS and the CJSA. The proposal also introduces a maximum retention period of ten years for data stored in the CIS, stipulating that in cases where personal data are stored for a period exceeding five years, the EDPS should be informed accordingly.

    BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS: the budgetary cost is estimated at EUR 60.526 million (including human resources and other administrative expenditure) for the period 2014-2020.

    The budgetary effort concerns mainly the IT costs to maintain and further develop the existing AFIS system. The costs related to the implementation of the proposal will be handled within the framework of the existing forecast in the context of Multiannual Financial Framework and therefore no additional request for budgetary allocation is required.

    DELEGATED ACTS: the proposal contains provisions empowering the Commission to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

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