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2013/2815(DEA) Establishing Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

Progress: Awaiting Council decision on delegated act

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Legal Basis:
RoP 105-p4

Events

2014/01/10
   EP - Delegated act not objected by Parliament
2013/12/28
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act extended at Parliament's request by 2 month(s)
2013/12/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2013/12/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament rejected by 182 votes to 409, with 32 abstentions, a motion for resolution which sought to object to the Commission’s delegated regulation of 28 August 2013 establishing Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences.

The motion for resolution had been tabled by the Greens/EFA and the GUE/NGL groups.

To recall, Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 which lays down the modalities of the Union’s Generalised System of Preferences empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts in order to establish or to amend Annex III in order to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance by adding that country to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.

On 28 August 2013, the Commission adopted a delegated act to establish Annex III, by adding 10 countries (Armenia, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay and Peru) as of 1 January 2014 through one single delegated act.

As they considered that this limits considerably the scrutiny powers of the co-legislators, the Members who tabled this motion for resolution sought to object to the Commission delegated regulation. They called on the Commission to immediately submit a new delegated act which takes account of the recommendation according to which, pursuant to Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, the Commission should adopt a separate delegated act for each country it wants to add to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.

2013/12/03
   EP - Decision by committee, without report
2013/11/28
   EP - Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act
Documents
2013/10/22
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2013/09/11
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2013/08/28
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2013/08/28
   EC - For information
Documents
2013/08/28
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
2013/08/28
   EP/CSL - Initial period for examining delegated act 2 month(s)

Documents

  • Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
  • Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act: B7-0546/2013
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE521.788
  • Non-legislative basic document: C(2013)05541
  • For information: SWD(2013)0313
  • Non-legislative basic document published: C(2013)05541
  • Non-legislative basic document: C(2013)05541
  • For information: SWD(2013)0313
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE521.788
  • Motion for a resolution objecting delegated act: B7-0546/2013

Votes

B7-0546/2013 - Résolution #

2013/12/12 Outcome: -: 409, +: 182, 0: 32
FR PT PL CY LV FI LU SI EE MT NL LT EL IE DK BE SE HR AT SK HU BG CZ IT RO DE GB ES
Total
70
17
41
4
6
10
5
6
6
4
23
10
15
9
10
17
18
10
16
13
16
16
17
53
29
83
53
45
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50

Portugal Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Estonia Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Greece Verts/ALE

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

Against (1)

4

Austria Verts/ALE

1

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

For (1)

Against (2)

Abstain (1)

4

Spain Verts/ALE

1
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24

France GUE/NGL

Against (1)

3

Cyprus GUE/NGL

1

Latvia GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

2

Greece GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Sweden GUE/NGL

1

Croatia GUE/NGL

1

Czechia GUE/NGL

1

Spain GUE/NGL

For (1)

1
icon: EFD EFD
21

Netherlands EFD

Against (1)

1

Lithuania EFD

2

Greece EFD

Against (1)

1

Belgium EFD

Abstain (1)

1

Slovakia EFD

Against (1)

1

United Kingdom EFD

Against (1)

4
icon: NI NI
26

Ireland NI

Against (1)

1

Belgium NI

For (1)

1
5

Hungary NI

For (1)

1

Bulgaria NI

1

Italy NI

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Romania NI

Against (1)

2

United Kingdom NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

4

Spain NI

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
41

Netherlands ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Denmark ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Italy ECR

Against (1)

2
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71
3

Luxembourg ALDE

Against (1)

1

Slovenia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ALDE

Against (1)

1

Greece ALDE

Against (1)

1
3

Denmark ALDE

3

Belgium ALDE

Abstain (1)

4

Austria ALDE

Against (1)

1

Slovakia ALDE

Against (1)

1

Italy ALDE

Abstain (1)

4
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220

Cyprus PPE

Against (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

Against (2)

2

Slovenia PPE

For (1)

4

Estonia PPE

Against (1)

1

Malta PPE

Against (1)

1

Ireland PPE

3

Denmark PPE

Against (1)

1

Czechia PPE

2
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169

Cyprus S&D

Against (1)

2

Latvia S&D

Against (1)

1

Finland S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

Against (1)

1

Slovenia S&D

Against (1)

1

Estonia S&D

Against (1)

1

Netherlands S&D

For (1)

3

Lithuania S&D

2

Ireland S&D

Against (1)

1

Hungary S&D

Against (1)

3

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          To recall, Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 which lays down the modalities of the Union’s Generalised System of Preferences empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts in order to establish or to amend Annex III in order to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance by adding that country to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.

          On 28 August 2013, the Commission adopted a delegated act to establish Annex III, by adding 10 countries (Armenia, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay and Peru) as of 1 January 2014 through one single delegated act.

          As they considered that this limits considerably the scrutiny powers of the co-legislators, the Members who tabled this motion for resolution sought to object to the Commission delegated regulation. They called on the Commission to immediately submit a new delegated act which takes account of the recommendation according to which, pursuant to Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012, the Commission should adopt a separate delegated act for each country it wants to add to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.

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