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2015/0298(NLE) EU/China Agreement: modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead INTA WINKLER Iuliu (icon: PPE PPE) MOSCA Alessia Maria (icon: S&D S&D), MCCLARKIN Emma (icon: ECR ECR), LAMBSDORFF Alexander Graf (icon: ALDE ALDE), BUCHNER Klaus (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), BEGHIN Tiziana (icon: EFDD EFDD), SALVINI Matteo (icon: ENF ENF)
Committee Opinion AFET
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p4, TFEU 218-p6a

Events

2016/10/26
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to approve the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1885 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

CONTENT: the Council approved, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

To recall, on 15 July 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia.

Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China was signed on behalf of the Union on 19 April 2016, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

Under this Agreement, the EU shall incorporate in its schedule, for the customs territory of the EU 28 , the concessions contained in the schedule of the EU 27 with the following modifications:

an increase of 2 150 tonnes to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for garlic, maintaining the present in-quota rate of 9.6 %; an increase of 650 tonnes (drained net weight) to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for mushroom of species Agaricus , prepared, preserved or provisionally preserved; for footwear with outer soles of rubbers or plastics – other: lower the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9 %; for window or wall air conditioning machines "split-system": lower the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5 %.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.10.2016.

Documents
Decision 2016/1885
OJ L 291 26.10.2016, p. 0007
2016/10/18
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2016/10/18
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2016/10/18
   CSL - Council Meeting
2016/09/13
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2016/09/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 590 votes to 41, with 35 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement, on behalf of the European Parliament, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Parliament stated that China has the right to have its previous trading rights restored, following its slight erosion due to the enlargement of the EU customs union with Croatian EU accession.

This agreement responds to the need to: (i) increase tariff rate quotas, and (ii) lower the current bound tariff rates as the instruments of compensation for Chinese products involved as the way of compensating losses.

Documents
T8-0326/2016
2016/07/15
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by Iuliu WINKLER (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV: 6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

The committee recommended the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

Members stated that China has the right to have its previous trading rights restored, following its slight erosion due to the enlargement of the EU customs union with Croatian EU accession.

Article XXIV: 4 GATT rightly underlines that the purpose of a customs union or of a free trade area should be to facilitate trade between the constituent territories and not to raise barriers to the trade of other contracting parties with such territories. This compensatory Agreement can therefore be seen as yet another sign of the EU’s attachment to the multilateral rules-based trading regime, with the WTO at its centre.

The Commission has rightly chosen (1) the increase of tariff rate quotas, and (2) lowering the current bound tariff rates as the instruments of compensation for Chinese products involved as the way of compensating losses.

This is why the committee called for the consent of the proposal to conclude the Agreement, as the Agreement includes proportionate modifications to the concessions and is consistent with earlier practice and WTO framework.

Documents
A8-0231/2016
2016/07/14
   EP - Vote in committee
2016/05/27
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE583.950
2016/05/09
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2016/02/12
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2016/02/12
   CSL - Council Meeting
2016/01/29
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: on 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia.

Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union was initialled on 7 October 2015.

The Agreement should now be approved.

CONTENT: the draft Decision seeks the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

For further details regarding the content of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal from 16.12.2015.

Documents
15561/2015
2016/01/29
   CSL - Document attached to the procedure
Documents
15562/2015
2016/01/28
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: on 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia.

Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union was initialled on 7 October 2015.

The Agreement should now be approved.

CONTENT: the draft Decision seeks the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

For further details regarding the content of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal from 16.12.2015.

Documents
15561/2015
2016/01/25
   EP - WINKLER Iuliu (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2015/12/16
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
Documents
COM(2015)0653
EUR-Lex
2015/12/16
   EP - Preparatory document
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: with the accession of Croatia, the European Union enlarged its customs union. Consequently, it was required under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules (Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994) to enter into negotiations with WTO Members having negotiating rights related to the tariff schedule of Croatia in order to eventually agree on a compensatory adjustment.

On 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article

XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994. The Commission has negotiated with the Members of the WTO holding negotiating rights, the issue of the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU.

Negotiations with China resulted in a draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters that was initialled on 7 October 2015 in Brussels . It is now appropriate to conclude the Agreement.

CONTENT: the proposal requires the Council to adopt a decision to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with China. In parallel, a separate proposal on the signature of the Agreement is also submitted.

Negotiations with China resulted in an Agreement containing the following points:

an increase of the volumes of the existing quotas allocated to China for garlic (increased by 2 150 tonnes) and mushrooms (increased by 650 tonnes, net weight); a EU tariff reduction of -0.1% for footwear classified in tariff line 6404 19 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9%); a EU tariff reduction of -0.2% for air conditioning machines classified in tariff line 8415 10 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5%).

It is envisaged that these measures will become effective by the second half of 2016.

Documents
COM(2015)0654
EUR-Lex

Documents

Activities

Votes

A8-0231/2016 - Iuliu Winkler - Approbation #

2016/09/13 Outcome: +: 590, -: 41, 0: 35
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Total
81
68
44
62
47
31
67
21
25
18
19
17
18
15
14
13
11
12
10
10
20
8
8
8
6
4
4
4
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194

Germany PPE

29

Italy PPE

14

Poland PPE

18

Spain PPE

15

Romania PPE

12

France PPE

20

Czechia PPE

7

Netherlands PPE

5

Austria PPE

5

Sweden PPE

4

Belgium PPE

4

Portugal PPE

6

Hungary PPE

10

Bulgaria PPE

6

Slovakia PPE

6

Finland PPE

2

Denmark PPE

For (1)

Bendt BENDTSEN
1

Lithuania PPE

2

Ireland PPE

4

Greece PPE

5

Latvia PPE

4

Croatia PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

5

Malta PPE

3

Estonia PPE

For (1)

Tunne KELAM
1

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3

Cyprus PPE

1
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20

Italy S&D

27

Poland S&D

5

United Kingdom S&D

19

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9

Romania S&D

14

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11

Czechia S&D

4

Netherlands S&D

3

Austria S&D

5

Sweden S&D

6

Belgium S&D

4

Portugal S&D

6

Hungary S&D

3

Bulgaria S&D

3

Slovakia S&D

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Finland S&D

2

Denmark S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

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For (1)

Nessa CHILDERS
1

Greece S&D

4

Latvia S&D

1

Croatia S&D

2

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Tanja FAJON
1

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Marju LAURISTIN
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3

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4

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7

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4

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Finland ALDE

4

Denmark ALDE

3

Lithuania ALDE

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Marian HARKIN
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1

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6

Italy ECR

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18

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15

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Czechia ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

2

Belgium ECR

3

Bulgaria ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

3

Finland ECR

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Jussi HALLA-AHO
1

Denmark ECR

4

Lithuania ECR

1

Greece ECR

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Notis MARIAS
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Roberts ZĪLE
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Ruža TOMAŠIĆ
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11

United Kingdom Verts/ALE

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5

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

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4

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Bart STAES
1

Hungary Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

For (1)

Heidi HAUTALA
1

Denmark Verts/ALE

For (1)

Margrete AUKEN
1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

For (1)

Bronis ROPĖ
1

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Croatia Verts/ALE

For (1)

Davor ŠKRLEC
1

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Igor ŠOLTES
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Against (1)

Jean-Luc MÉLENCHON
3

Czechia GUE/NGL

3

Netherlands GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Anja HAZEKAMP
3

Portugal GUE/NGL

For (1)

Marisa MATIAS
4

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

Merja KYLLÖNEN
1

Denmark GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

Rina Ronja KARI
1

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1

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Poland EFDD

1

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19

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1

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Petr MACH
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1

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Zoltán BALCZÓ
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Germany ENF

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1

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Abstain (1)

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Laurenţiu REBEGA
1

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Gerolf ANNEMANS
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  • date: 2016-05-27T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE583.950 title: PE583.950 type: Committee draft report body: EP
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  • date: 2015-12-16T00:00:00 type: Initial legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2015/0654/COM_COM(2015)0654(ANN)_EN.pdf title: COM(2015)0654 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2015&nu_doc=0654 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: with the accession of Croatia, the European Union enlarged its customs union. Consequently, it was required under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules (Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994) to enter into negotiations with WTO Members having negotiating rights related to the tariff schedule of Croatia in order to eventually agree on a compensatory adjustment. On 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994. The Commission has negotiated with the Members of the WTO holding negotiating rights, the issue of the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU. Negotiations with China resulted in a draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters that was initialled on 7 October 2015 in Brussels . It is now appropriate to conclude the Agreement. CONTENT: the proposal requires the Council to adopt a decision to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with China. In parallel, a separate proposal on the signature of the Agreement is also submitted. Negotiations with China resulted in an Agreement containing the following points: an increase of the volumes of the existing quotas allocated to China for garlic (increased by 2 150 tonnes) and mushrooms (increased by 650 tonnes, net weight); a EU tariff reduction of -0.1% for footwear classified in tariff line 6404 19 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9%); a EU tariff reduction of -0.2% for air conditioning machines classified in tariff line 8415 10 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5%). It is envisaged that these measures will become effective by the second half of 2016.
  • date: 2016-01-29T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=15561%2F15&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 15561/2015 summary: PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. BACKGROUND: on 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia. Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union was initialled on 7 October 2015. The Agreement should now be approved. CONTENT: the draft Decision seeks the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. For further details regarding the content of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal from 16.12.2015.
  • date: 2016-02-12T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
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  • date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=27517&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2016-09-13T00:00:00 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=P8-TA-2016-0326 title: T8-0326/2016 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 590 votes to 41, with 35 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement, on behalf of the European Parliament, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement. Parliament stated that China has the right to have its previous trading rights restored, following its slight erosion due to the enlargement of the EU customs union with Croatian EU accession. This agreement responds to the need to: (i) increase tariff rate quotas, and (ii) lower the current bound tariff rates as the instruments of compensation for Chinese products involved as the way of compensating losses.
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  • date: 2016-10-26T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to approve the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1885 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. CONTENT: the Council approved, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union. To recall, on 15 July 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia. Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China was signed on behalf of the Union on 19 April 2016, subject to its conclusion at a later date. Under this Agreement, the EU shall incorporate in its schedule, for the customs territory of the EU 28 , the concessions contained in the schedule of the EU 27 with the following modifications: an increase of 2 150 tonnes to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for garlic, maintaining the present in-quota rate of 9.6 %; an increase of 650 tonnes (drained net weight) to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for mushroom of species Agaricus , prepared, preserved or provisionally preserved; for footwear with outer soles of rubbers or plastics – other: lower the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9 %; for window or wall air conditioning machines "split-system": lower the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5 %. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.10.2016. docs: title: Decision 2016/1885 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32016D1885 title: OJ L 291 26.10.2016, p. 0007 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2016:291:TOC
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PURPOSE: to approve the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision (EU) 2016/1885 on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

CONTENT: the Council approved, on behalf of the Union, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

To recall, on 15 July 2013 the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia.

Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China was signed on behalf of the Union on 19 April 2016, subject to its conclusion at a later date.

Under this Agreement, the EU shall incorporate in its schedule, for the customs territory of the EU 28, the concessions contained in the schedule of the EU 27 with the following modifications:

  • an increase of 2 150 tonnes to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for garlic, maintaining the present in-quota rate of 9.6 %;
  • an increase of 650 tonnes (drained net weight) to the allocation for China under the EU tariff rate quota for mushroom of species Agaricus, prepared, preserved or provisionally preserved;
  • for footwear with outer soles of rubbers or plastics – other: lower the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9 %;
  • for window or wall air conditioning machines "split-system": lower the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5 %.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 18.10.2016.

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 590 votes to 41, with 35 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement, on behalf of the European Parliament, of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

    The European Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

    Parliament stated that China has the right to have its previous trading rights restored, following its slight erosion due to the enlargement of the EU customs union with Croatian EU accession.

    This agreement responds to the need to: (i) increase tariff rate quotas, and (ii) lower the current bound tariff rates as the instruments of compensation for Chinese products involved as the way of compensating losses.
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  • The Committee on International Trade adopted the report by Iuliu WINKLER (EPP, RO) on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article XXIV: 6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

    The committee recommended the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement.

    Members stated that China has the right to have its previous trading rights restored, following its slight erosion due to the enlargement of the EU customs union with Croatian EU accession.

    Article XXIV: 4 GATT rightly underlines that the purpose of a customs union or of a free trade area should be to facilitate trade between the constituent territories and not to raise barriers to the trade of other contracting parties with such territories. This compensatory Agreement can therefore be seen as yet another sign of the EU’s attachment to the multilateral rules-based trading regime, with the WTO at its centre.

    The Commission has rightly chosen (1) the increase of tariff rate quotas, and (2) lowering the current bound tariff rates as the instruments of compensation for Chinese products involved as the way of compensating losses.

    This is why the committee called for the consent of the proposal to conclude the Agreement, as the Agreement includes proportionate modifications to the concessions and is consistent with earlier practice and WTO framework.
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  • PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act. 

    BACKGROUND: on 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations with certain other Members of the World Trade Organization under Article XXIV:6 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994, in the course of the accession to the European Union of Croatia.

    Those negotiations have been concluded and an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union was initialled on 7 October 2015.

    The Agreement should now be approved.

    CONTENT: the draft Decision seeks the approval, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

    For further details regarding the content of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters, please refer to the summary of the Commission’s initial legislative proposal from 16.12.2015.
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PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: with the accession of Croatia, the European Union enlarged its customs union. Consequently, it was required under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules (Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994) to enter into negotiations with WTO Members having negotiating rights related to the tariff schedule of Croatia in order to eventually agree on a compensatory adjustment.

On 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article

XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994. The Commission has negotiated with the Members of the WTO holding negotiating rights, the issue of the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU.

Negotiations with China resulted in a draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters that was initialled on 7 October 2015 in Brussels. It is now appropriate to conclude the Agreement.

CONTENT: the proposal requires the Council to adopt a decision to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with China. In parallel, a separate proposal on the signature of the Agreement is also submitted.

Negotiations with China resulted in an Agreement containing the following points:

  • an increase of the volumes of the existing quotas allocated to China for garlic (increased by 2 150 tonnes) and mushrooms (increased by 650 tonnes, net weight);
  • a EU tariff reduction of -0.1% for footwear classified in tariff line 6404 19 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9%);
  • a EU tariff reduction of -0.2% for air conditioning machines classified in tariff line 8415 10 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5%).

It is envisaged that these measures will become effective by the second half of 2016.

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PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

BACKGROUND: with the accession of Croatia, the European Union enlarged its customs union. Consequently, it was required under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules (Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994) to enter into negotiations with WTO Members having negotiating rights related to the tariff schedule of Croatia in order to eventually agree on a compensatory adjustment.

On 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article

XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994. The Commission has negotiated with the Members of the WTO holding negotiating rights, the issue of the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU.

Negotiations with China resulted in a draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters that was initialled on 7 October 2015 in Brussels. It is now appropriate to conclude the Agreement.

CONTENT: the proposal requires the Council to adopt a decision to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with China. In parallel, a separate proposal on the signature of the Agreement is also submitted.

Negotiations with China resulted in an Agreement containing the following points:

  • an increase of the volumes of the existing quotas allocated to China for garlic (increased by 2 150 tonnes) and mushrooms (increased by 650 tonnes, net weight);
  • a EU tariff reduction of -0.1% for footwear classified in tariff line 6404 19 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9%);
  • a EU tariff reduction of -0.2% for air conditioning machines classified in tariff line 8415 10 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5%).

It is envisaged that these measures will become effective by the second half of 2016.

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  • group: ECR name: MCCLARKIN Emma
  • group: ALDE name: LAMBSDORFF Alexander Graf
  • group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut
  • group: Verts/ALE name: BUCHNER Klaus
  • group: EFD name: BEGHIN Tiziana
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  • PURPOSE: to conclude an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and China pursuant to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

    ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council may adopt the act only if Parliament has given its consent to the act.

    BACKGROUND: with the accession of Croatia, the European Union enlarged its customs union. Consequently, it was required under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules (Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994) to enter into negotiations with WTO Members having negotiating rights related to the tariff schedule of Croatia in order to eventually agree on a compensatory adjustment.

    On 15 July 2013, the Council authorised the Commission to open negotiations under Article

    XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994. The Commission has negotiated with the Members of the WTO holding negotiating rights, the issue of the withdrawal of specific concessions in relation to the withdrawal of the schedule of Croatia in the course of its accession to the EU.

    Negotiations with China resulted in a draft Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters that was initialled on 7 October 2015 in Brussels. It is now appropriate to conclude the Agreement.

    CONTENT: the proposal requires the Council to adopt a decision to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters with China. In parallel, a separate proposal on the signature of the Agreement is also submitted.

    Negotiations with China resulted in an Agreement containing the following points:

    • an increase of the volumes of the existing quotas allocated to China for garlic (increased by 2 150 tonnes) and mushrooms (increased by 650 tonnes, net weight);
    • a EU tariff reduction of -0.1% for footwear classified in tariff line 6404 19 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 17 % to 16.9%);
    • a EU tariff reduction of -0.2% for air conditioning machines classified in tariff line 8415 10 90 (lowering the current bound EU duty of 2.7 % to 2.5%).

    It is envisaged that these measures will become effective by the second half of 2016.
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  • date: 2015-12-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2015/0654/COM_COM(2015)0654(ANN)_EN.pdf type: Legislative proposal published title: COM(2015)0654 body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
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