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2021/0003(NLE) EU/Thailand Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead INTA HAUTALA Heidi (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) KELLY Seán (icon: EPP EPP), KUMPULA-NATRI Miapetra (icon: S&D S&D), HAHN Svenja (icon: Renew Renew), LANCINI Danilo Oscar (icon: ID ID), ZAHRADIL Jan (icon: ECR ECR), MAUREL Emmanuel (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion PECH
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion AGRI
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p2, TFEU 218-p6

Events

2021/07/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
2021/07/13
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2021/06/23
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 49, with 6 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Following the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

As a reminder, the EU formally launched the negotiation process (under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994) with several WTO members in Geneva in October 2018.

The negotiations are based on a ‘joint approach’ developed in 2017 by the EU and the UK on how to ‘apportion’ the quantitative commitments contained in the EU28 WTO schedule for the 143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff-rate quotas (TRQs).

The principle of the applied methodology is based on the trade flows into the EU27 and the UK during a representative reference period (of 3 years from 2013 to 2015) for all WTO TRQs. The agreed allocation method is described in detail in Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

On 15 June 2018, the Council authorised the Commission to launch GATT Article XXVIII negotiations with the WTO Members concerned with a view to apportioning the Union's WTO tariff quota concessions.

Negotiations with Thailand resulted in an agreement which was initialled on 7 January 2021 in Geneva.

Documents
2021/05/31
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2021/05/31
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
2021/05/25
   EP - Vote in committee
2021/05/17
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/03/01
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/02/08
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Documents
2021/02/07
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents
2021/01/28
   EP - HAUTALA Heidi (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2021/01/19
   EC - Preparatory document
Documents
2021/01/19
   EP - Preparatory document
Documents

Documents

  • Final act published in Official Journal: Decision 2021/1234
  • Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 274 30.07.2021, p. 0055
  • Decision by Parliament: T9-0304/2021
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A9-0180/2021
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A9-0180/2021
  • Committee draft report: PE689.590
  • Legislative proposal: 05444/2021
  • Legislative proposal published: 05444/2021
  • Preparatory document: COM(2021)0007
  • Preparatory document: COM(2021)0007
  • Preparatory document: COM(2021)0007
  • Legislative proposal: 05444/2021
  • Committee draft report: PE689.590
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A9-0180/2021

Votes

Accord UE/Thaïlande: modification des concessions pour l’ensemble des contingents tarifaires de la liste CLXXV de l’Union européenne à la suite du retrait du Royaume-Uni de l’Union européenne - EU/Thailand Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union - Abkommen zwischen der EU und Thailand: Änderung der Zugeständnisse für alle in der EU-Liste CLXXV aufgeführten Zollkontingente infolge des Austritts des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union - A9-0180/2021 - Heidi Hautala - Procédure d'approbation #

2021/06/23 Outcome: +: 638, -: 49, 0: 6
DE ES PL FR RO NL IT BE HU CZ SE AT PT BG EL SK FI DK IE LT HR LV SI EE MT CY LU
Total
95
58
51
77
32
29
73
21
21
21
19
19
21
17
21
14
14
14
13
10
12
8
8
7
6
6
6
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171

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Latvia PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
142

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Greece S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

1

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
98

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

2
3

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Finland Renew

3

Ireland Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
73

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
63

Germany ECR

1

Romania ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

2

Greece ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Croatia ECR

For (1)

1

Latvia ECR

2
icon: The Left The Left
39

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Portugal The Left

4

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
38

Germany NI

2

Netherlands NI

1

Slovakia NI

2

Lithuania NI

1

Croatia NI

2
icon: ID ID
69

Netherlands ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2
3

Finland ID

2

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Estonia ID

For (1)

1

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament adopted by 638 votes to 49, with 6 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
  • Following the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade, Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
  • As a reminder, the EU formally launched the negotiation process (under Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994) with several WTO members in Geneva in October 2018.
  • The negotiations are based on a ‘joint approach’ developed in 2017 by the EU and the UK on how to ‘apportion’ the quantitative commitments contained in the EU28 WTO schedule for the 143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff-rate quotas (TRQs).
  • The principle of the applied methodology is based on the trade flows into the EU27 and the UK during a representative reference period (of 3 years from 2013 to 2015) for all WTO TRQs. The agreed allocation method is described in detail in Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
  • On 15 June 2018, the Council authorised the Commission to launch GATT Article XXVIII negotiations with the WTO Members concerned with a view to apportioning the Union's WTO tariff quota concessions.
  • Negotiations with Thailand resulted in an agreement which was initialled on 7 January 2021 in Geneva.
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