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2018/0187(COD) Computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods. Recast

Progress: Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ECON SWINBURNE Kay (icon: ECR ECR) MALETIĆ Ivana (icon: PPE PPE), FRUNZULICĂ Doru-Claudian (icon: S&D S&D), TREMOSA I BALCELLS Ramon (icon: ALDE ALDE), URBÁN CRESPO Miguel (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), SCOTT CATO Molly (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion BUDG
Committee Opinion JURI GERINGER DE OEDENBERG Lidia Joanna (icon: S&D S&D)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 59-p4, TFEU 114-p1

Events

2020/01/15
   CSL - Final act signed
2020/01/15
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2019/12/19
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2019/12/19
   CSL - Council Meeting
2019/06/20
   CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2019/04/04
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 583 votes to 16, with 20 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast).

The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure without amending the Commission's proposal.

According to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance.

The proposal to recast Decision No 1152/2003/EC establishing the computerised system for the movement and control of excise products (EMCS) aims to provide a basis for the governance of the further automation of the procedures laid down in EU excise duty legislation.

In practical terms, the proposal aims to extend the computerised system for the movement and control of excise goods to intra-Union movements of excise goods released for consumption.

Specifically, the computerised system is intended to:

- permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying documents and the improvement of checks;

- improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Union movement of excise goods and affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary.

Activities relating to the initiation of extension of the computerised system shall begin by 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Decision.

Documents
2019/03/21
   EP - Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations
2019/02/27
   CSL - Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement
2019/02/13
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The European Parliament decided by 573 votes to 18, with 25 abstentions, to refer the matter to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations on the basis of the unamended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods.

The rapporteur requested that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, in accordance with Rule 59(4) of the Rules of Procedure.

Parliament approved the request.

Documents
2019/02/13
   EP - Matter referred back to the committee responsible
2019/01/11
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Kay SWINBURNE (ECR, UK) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast).

The committee recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading by taking over the Commission's proposal and taking account of the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission.

The Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission considers that the Commission proposal does not contain any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and that it is limited to a straightforward codification of existing texts, without changing their substance.

The proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive establishing the general arrangements for excise duty with regard to the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of a Member State and which are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be supplied for commercial purposes in that other Member State.

Documents
2019/01/10
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2018/12/18
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2018/11/20
   EP - GERINGER DE OEDENBERG Lidia Joanna (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2018/10/17
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Documents
2018/07/05
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2018/06/20
   EP - SWINBURNE Kay (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
2018/05/25
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

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: Decision No 1152/2003/EC is the founding decision for the computerised system ( Excise Movement and Control System – EMCS). At the moment it covers only movements of excise goods under excise duty suspension.

In order to allow the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State, Decision No 1152/2003/EC has to be modified. Since most provisions of the Decisions are affected by such modification, the Decision should be recast in the interests of clarity.

This proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the general arrangement for excise duty as regards the automation of the procedure for movements of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and that are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State.

CONTENT: the objective of the proposal is to extend the excise movement and control system to intra EU movements of excise goods that are released for consumption , in order to simplify the procedure and allow for proper monitoring of such movements, and to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation, where such automation is considered beneficial.

It is proposed to amend most of the provisions of Decision No 1152/2003/EC so as to allow the possibility of automating any procedure used for the movement and control of excise goods.

Specifically, the computerised system is intended to:

permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying documents and the improvement of checks; improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Union movement of excise goods and affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary.

Documents

  • Draft final act: 00037/2019/LEX
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0351/2019
  • Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations: GEDA/A/(2019)002498
  • Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2019)002498
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0085/2019
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0010/2019
  • Committee draft report: PE626.674
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES3104/2018
  • Legislative proposal published: COM(2018)0341
  • Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES3104/2018
  • Committee draft report: PE626.674
  • Coreper letter confirming interinstitutional agreement: GEDA/A/(2019)002498
  • Draft final act: 00037/2019/LEX

Votes

A8-0010/2019 - Kay Swinburne - Vote unique 13/02/2019 12:04:08.000 #

2019/02/13 Outcome: +: 573, 0: 25, -: 18
DE FR IT ES GB PL RO PT NL BE AT CZ BG SE DK HU FI HR SK LT SI LV LU IE MT EE EL CY ??
Total
74
68
63
46
58
44
22
19
24
17
17
17
14
14
12
12
11
11
11
9
8
7
6
6
6
3
13
2
1
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United Kingdom PPE

2

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

3

Estonia PPE

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1

Greece PPE

1
icon: S&D S&D
157

Netherlands S&D

3

Hungary S&D

2

Finland S&D

1

Croatia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

For (1)

1

Latvia S&D

1

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Ireland S&D

For (1)

1

Malta S&D

3

Cyprus S&D

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1
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63

United Kingdom ALDE

1

Romania ALDE

2

Portugal ALDE

1

Austria ALDE

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1

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2

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2
2

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1

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1

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2

Bulgaria ECR

1
2

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1

Lithuania ECR

1

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1

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1
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42

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5

Netherlands Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

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3

Denmark Verts/ALE

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1

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2

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1

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1

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1

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1

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1
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3

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A8-0010/2019 - Kay Swinburne - Proposition de la Commission #

2019/04/04 Outcome: +: 583, 0: 20, -: 16
DE FR IT ES GB PL RO BE PT NL BG SE HU AT CZ FI DK LT IE SK HR SI LV LU MT EE CY EL
Total
84
64
58
45
52
38
27
21
20
24
17
17
17
16
17
11
11
10
10
10
7
7
7
6
6
3
2
11
icon: PPE PPE
177

United Kingdom PPE

2

Finland PPE

2

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3

Luxembourg PPE

3

Greece PPE

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1
icon: S&D S&D
157

Netherlands S&D

3

Czechia S&D

3

Ireland S&D

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1

Croatia S&D

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1

Slovenia S&D

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1

Latvia S&D

1

Luxembourg S&D

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1

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3
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62
3

United Kingdom ALDE

1

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3

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1

Austria ALDE

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1

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2

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1

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  • date: 2018-05-25T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2018/0341/COM_COM(2018)0341_EN.pdf title: COM(2018)0341 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2018&nu_doc=0341 title: EUR-Lex summary: PURPOSE: to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. 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: Decision No 1152/2003/EC is the founding decision for the computerised system ( Excise Movement and Control System – EMCS). At the moment it covers only movements of excise goods under excise duty suspension. In order to allow the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State, Decision No 1152/2003/EC has to be modified. Since most provisions of the Decisions are affected by such modification, the Decision should be recast in the interests of clarity. This proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the general arrangement for excise duty as regards the automation of the procedure for movements of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and that are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State. CONTENT: the objective of the proposal is to extend the excise movement and control system to intra EU movements of excise goods that are released for consumption , in order to simplify the procedure and allow for proper monitoring of such movements, and to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation, where such automation is considered beneficial. It is proposed to amend most of the provisions of Decision No 1152/2003/EC so as to allow the possibility of automating any procedure used for the movement and control of excise goods. Specifically, the computerised system is intended to: permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying documents and the improvement of checks; improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Union movement of excise goods and affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary.
  • date: 2018-07-05T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2019-01-10T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2019-01-11T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2019-0010&language=EN title: A8-0010/2019 summary: The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs adopted the report by Kay SWINBURNE (ECR, UK) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast). The committee recommended that the European Parliament adopt its position at first reading by taking over the Commission's proposal and taking account of the recommendations of the Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission. The Consultative Working Party of the Legal Services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission considers that the Commission proposal does not contain any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and that it is limited to a straightforward codification of existing texts, without changing their substance. The proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive establishing the general arrangements for excise duty with regard to the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of a Member State and which are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be supplied for commercial purposes in that other Member State.
  • date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00 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-2019-0085 title: T8-0085/2019 summary: The European Parliament decided by 573 votes to 18, with 25 abstentions, to refer the matter to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations on the basis of the unamended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods. The rapporteur requested that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations, in accordance with Rule 59(4) of the Rules of Procedure. Parliament approved the request.
  • date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00 type: Matter referred back to the committee responsible body: EP
  • date: 2019-03-21T00:00:00 type: Approval in committee of the text agreed at 1st reading interinstitutional negotiations body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/commissions/econ/lcag/2019/02-27/ECON_LA(2019)002498_EN.pdf title: GEDA/A/(2019)002498
  • date: 2019-04-04T00:00:00 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-2019-0351 title: T8-0351/2019 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 583 votes to 16, with 20 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on computerising the movement and surveillance of excise goods (recast). The European Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure without amending the Commission's proposal. According to the Consultative Working Party of the legal services of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Commission proposal does not include any substantive amendments other than those identified as such in the proposal and whereas, as regards the codification of the unchanged provisions of the earlier acts together with those amendments, the proposal contains a straightforward codification of the existing texts, without any change in their substance. The proposal to recast Decision No 1152/2003/EC establishing the computerised system for the movement and control of excise products (EMCS) aims to provide a basis for the governance of the further automation of the procedures laid down in EU excise duty legislation. In practical terms, the proposal aims to extend the computerised system for the movement and control of excise goods to intra-Union movements of excise goods released for consumption. Specifically, the computerised system is intended to: - permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying documents and the improvement of checks; - improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Union movement of excise goods and affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary. Activities relating to the initiation of extension of the computerised system shall begin by 12 months after the date of entry into force of this Decision.
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  • PURPOSE: to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation.

    PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

    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: Decision No 1152/2003/EC is the founding decision for the computerised system (Excise Movement and Control System – EMCS). At the moment it covers only movements of excise goods under excise duty suspension.

    In order to allow the automation of the procedure for the movement of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State, Decision No 1152/2003/EC has to be modified. Since most provisions of the Decisions are affected by such modification, the Decision should be recast in the interests of clarity.

    This proposal accompanies the proposal for a Council Directive laying down the general arrangement for excise duty as regards the automation of the procedure for movements of excise goods which have been released for consumption in the territory of one Member State and that are moved to the territory of another Member State in order to be delivered for commercial purposes in that other Member State.

    CONTENT: the objective of the proposal is to extend the excise movement and control system to intra EU movements of excise goods that are released for consumption, in order to simplify the procedure and allow for proper monitoring of such movements, and to provide a base for the governance of further automations of processes defined by Union excise legislation, where such automation is considered beneficial.

    It is proposed to amend most of the provisions of Decision No 1152/2003/EC so as to allow the possibility of automating any procedure used for the movement and control of excise goods.

    Specifically, the computerised system is intended to:

    • permit the electronic transmission of the accompanying documents and the improvement of checks;
    • improve the functioning of the internal market, by simplifying the intra-Union movement of excise goods and affording Member States the possibility of monitoring the flows in real time and of carrying out the requisite checks where necessary.
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  • group: Verts/ALE name: SCOTT CATO Molly
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  • group: Verts/ALE name: SCOTT CATO Molly
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  • date: 2018-05-25T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2018/0341/COM_COM(2018)0341_EN.pdf title: COM(2018)0341 type: Legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52018PC0341:EN body: EC commission: type: Legislative proposal published
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  • body: EP responsible: True committee_full: Economic and Monetary Affairs committee: ECON
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy committee: ITRE
  • body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Legal Affairs committee: JURI
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    Repealing Decision No 1152/2003/EC
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