Activites

• 2016/06/08 Final act signed
• 2016/06/08 End of procedure in Parliament
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• 2016/05/30 Council Meeting
• 2016/05/30 Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
• 2016/05/10 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T8-0206/2016 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 608 votes to 13, with 24 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (codified text). Parliament adopted its position at first reading taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission who considered that the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance. The purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community. The proposed regulation aims to transpose into EU law the provisions of the subsidies and countervailing measures (Subsidies Agreement) concluded within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure a proper and transparent application of the anti-subsidy rules. The regulation sets out in detail the conditions determining the existence of a subsidy, the principles governing the applicability of countervailing duties that may be imposed to offset any subsidy granted directly or indirectly, for the manufacture, production, export or transport of any product whose release for free circulation in the EU causes injury, and the criteria applicable to the calculation of the amount of countervailing subsidy. Among the other measures, the codified Regulation seeks to: set out clear and detailed guidance as to the factors which may be relevant for the determination of whether the subsidised imports have caused material injury or are threatening to cause injury; define the term ‘Union industry’ and to provide that parties related to exporters may be excluded from such an industry, and to define the term ‘related’; specify who may lodge a countervailing duty complaint, including the extent to which it should be supported by the Union industry, and the information on countervailable subsidies, injury and causation which such a complaint should contain. It is also expedient to specify the procedures for the rejection of complaints or the initiation of proceedings; specify the manner in which interested parties should be given notice of the information which the authorities require; set out the conditions under which provisional duties may be imposed; provisional countervailing duties shall be imposed for a maximum period of four months; set out procedures for accepting undertakings which eliminate or offset the countervailable subsidies and injury instead of imposing provisional or definitive duties; provide that the termination of cases should, irrespective of whether definitive measures are adopted or not, normally take place within 12 months, and in no case more than 13 months, of the initiation of the investigation.

• 2015/09/22 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A8-0257/2015 summary

    The Committee on Legal Affairs adopted the report by Heidi HAUTALA (Greens/EFA, FI) on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (codified text). The committee recommended the European Parliament to adopt its position at first reading taking over the Commission proposal as adapted to the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. According to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the proposal in question contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts without any change in their substance. The proposed regulation aims to transpose into EU law the provisions of the subsidies and countervailing measures (Subsidies Agreement) concluded within the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure a proper and transparent application of the anti-subsidy rules. The regulation sets out in detail the conditions determining the existence of a subsidy, the principles governing the applicability of countervailing duties that may be imposed to offset any subsidy granted directly or indirectly, for the manufacture, production, export or transport of any product whose release for free circulation in the EU causes injury, and the criteria applicable to the calculation of the amount of countervailing subsidy.

• 2015/09/15 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/11/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2014/10/27 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2014)0660 summary

    PURPOSE: to codify Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community. 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. CONTENT: in the interests of clarity and rationality, the purpose of this proposal is to undertake a codification of Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community. Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 has been substantially amended. It is recalled that on 1 April 1987, the Commission decided to instruct its staff that all acts should be codified after no more than ten amendments, stressing that this is a minimum requirement. The Edinburgh European Council (December 1992) confirmed this, stressing the importance of codification. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed, by an interinstitutional agreement dated 20 December 1994, that an accelerated procedure may be used for the fast-track adoption of codification instruments. The new Regulation will supersede the various acts incorporated in it; it fully preserves the content of the acts being codified and hence does no more than bring them together with only such formal amendments as are required by the codification exercise itself.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/legal_service/', 'title': 'Legal Service'}, JUNCKER Jean-Claude

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2014)0660
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0257/2015
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0206/2016

History

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