2020/0253(COD) Elimination of customs duties on certain products
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | INTA |
LANGE Bernd ( S&D)
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HÜBNER Danuta Maria ( EPP),
SCHREINEMACHER Liesje ( Renew),
BÜTIKOFER Reinhard ( Verts/ALE),
LANCINI Danilo Oscar ( ID),
BOURGEOIS Geert ( ECR),
SCHOLZ Helmut ( GUE/NGL)
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Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p2
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p2Subjects
Events
2020/12/18
Final act published in Official Journal
2020/12/16
CSL - Draft final act
Documents
2020/12/16
EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after Parliament's 1st reading
2020/12/16
CSL - Final act signed
2020/12/16
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2020/11/26
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2020/11/26
EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 45, with 11 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the elimination of customs duties on certain products.
Parliament adopted its position at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure, taking over the Commission proposal.
The EU and the US have the largest and most deeply rooted bilateral trade and investment relationship in the world. Bilateral trade in goods and services between them amounts to more than EUR 1 trillion a year, or about EUR 3 billion a day.
The proposed regulation aims to eliminate a number of tariffs on lobsters and crawfish. The elimination of these duties would be subject to two conditions:
- the effective reduction by the US of custom duties for a number of products (certain prepared dishes, certain crystalware, coatings, propellant powders, cigarette lighters and parts of lighters) and;
- the US refraining from introducing new measures against the EU that undermine the objectives of the Joint Statement of 21 August 2020, in which Commissioner Hogan and US Trade Representative Lighthizer announced a package of tariff reductions meant ‘to mark just the beginning of a process that will lead to additional agreements that create more free, fair, and reciprocal transatlantic trade’.
The elimination of customs duties should apply from the same date as the effective implementation of the announcement of the United States regarding the reduction of its customs duties on a selected number of goods, namely from 1 August 2020.
The Commission would have implementing powers to temporarily suspend the application of the regulation if the conditions set out in it were not met.
Documents
2020/11/12
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
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2020/11/12
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
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2020/11/10
EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading
2020/10/20
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2020/10/05
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2020/09/17
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading
2020/09/10
EP - LANGE Bernd (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2020/09/08
EC - Legislative proposal published
Details
PURPOSE: to eliminate customs duties on certain imports into the European Union with a view to consolidating the partnership between the European Union and the United States.
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 EU and the US have a close trade and investment relationship. Bilateral trade in goods and services between them amounts to more than EUR 1000 billion per year, or EUR 3 billion per day.
On 21 August 2020 Commissioner Hogan and US Trade Representative Lighthizer stated their intention to go ahead with a trade-facilitating package to eliminate or reduce customs duties for a small number of tariff lines covering EUR 168 million (approximatively USD 200 million) in EU and US exports.
The Commission therefore proposes to create additional opportunities for EU and US operators by eliminating or reducing tariffs. It sees this initiative as a first step to de-escalate bilateral trade tensions and to support the settlement of on-going disputes.
CONTENT: the Commission proposes to eliminate a number of customs tariffs on lobster. Lobster is not sensitive products for the EU, which is a net importer of these products. EU producers supply less than 5% of European consumption. The elimination of import duties shall support the food-processing industry and the hospitality sector.
In return, the US has committed to ease market access for EU27 exports worth EUR 143 million (USD 160 million) on average in the past three years, through a 50% reduction of duties. These include products such as prepared meals, certain crystal glassware, surface preparations, propellant powders, cigarette lighters and lighter parts. The US requested the tariff reduction for lobster in light of its declining exports of the product to Europe and the world.
The tariff reductions should be implemented in a fully WTO consistent manner and respect the most-favoured nation (MFN) principle. The measures shall apply retroactively as of 1 August 2020 and end on 31 July 2025.
The agreement shall have a limited negative impact on the budget of the EU in the form of foregone customs duties due to tariff liberalisation for the products covered by the tariff lines in annex to this Regulation, representing some EUR 5.3 million in duties collected from the US (average 2017-2019 period).
Documents
Documents
- Final act published in Official Journal: Regulation 2020/2131
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 430 18.12.2020, p. 0001
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 071 02.03.2021, p. 0024
- Draft final act: 00044/2020/LEX
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading: T9-0333/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A9-0217/2020
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A9-0217/2020
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE659.027
- Committee draft report: PE657.423
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2020)0496
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Committee draft report: PE657.423
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE659.027
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A9-0217/2020
- Draft final act: 00044/2020/LEX
Activities
- Reinhard BÜTIKOFER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Angelo CIOCCA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Danuta Maria HÜBNER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Agnes JONGERIUS
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- Othmar KARAS
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- Danilo Oscar LANCINI
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- Emmanuel MAUREL
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- Pedro SILVA PEREIRA
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- Jordi CAÑAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Maximilian KRAH
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Liesje SCHREINEMACHER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Nicola BEER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Geert BOURGEOIS
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A9-0217/2020 - Bernd Lange - Am 1 #
2020/11/26 Outcome: -: 613, +: 71, 0: 13
NI
PPEA9-0217/2020 - Bernd Lange - Proposition de la Commission #
2020/11/26 Outcome: +: 638, -: 45, 0: 11
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2020/0253(COD)
2020/10/20
INTA
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 1. Adopts its position at first reading
Amendment 2 #
Draft legislative resolution Paragraph 1 1. Adopts its position at first reading,
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the abstention by the United States from introducing new measures, from 1 August 2020 onwards, against the European Union that undermine the objectives pursued by the Joint Statement of 21 August 2020, including those which are based on domestic law or trade defence but can be regarded as questionable, disproportionate or leading to trade diversion.
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 If the United States does not comply with the conditions set out in Article 2 or where there is sufficient evidence of a future failure to comply, the Commission
source: 659.027
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