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From · plenary report· 7 Mar 2024
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part
To · adopted text· 13 Mar 2024
Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the EU/Euratom/Ukraine Association Agreement
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Added:Amendments 23 and 26
Added:Recital 11
Added:Amendment: (11) Subject to an assessment by the Commission carried out in the context of the regular monitoring of the impact of this Regulation and launched either following a duly substantiated request from a Member State or on the Commission’s own initiative, it is necessary to provide for the possibility to take any necessary measures for imports of any products falling under the scope of this Regulation which are adversely affecting the Union market or the market of one or several Member States for like or directly competing products. There is a particularly precarious situation in the markets for cereals, poultry, eggs, sugar and honey that may harm Union agricultural producers if imports from Ukraine were to increase. It is appropriate to introduce an automatic safeguard for wheat, barley, oats, maize, eggs, poultry, sugar and honey products that is activated if quantities imported pursuant to this Regulation exceed the arithmetic mean of quantities in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Added:Amendments 24 and 28
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Added:Article 4 – paragraph 7
Added:Amendment: 7. If, during the period 6 June to 31 December 2024, cumulative import volumes of either common wheat, wheat flour and pellets, barley, barley flour and pellets, oats, maize, maize flour and pellets, barley groats and meal, cereal grains otherwise worked, honey, eggs, poultry, or sugar since 1 January 2024 reach the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Commission shall, within 14 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478: / If, during the period 1 January to 5 June 2025, cumulative import volumes of either common wheat, wheat flours and pellets, barley, barley flour and pellets, oats, maize, maize flour and pellets, barley groats and meal, cereal grains otherwise worked, honey, eggs, poultry or sugar for the period since 1 January 2025 reach five twelfths of the respective arithmetic mean of import volumes recorded 2021, 2022 and 2023, the Commission shall, within 14 days and after informing the Committee on Safeguards, reintroduce for that product the corresponding tariff-rate quota suspended by Article 1(1), point b. / For the purposes of this paragraph, the terms common wheat, wheat flour and pellets, barley, barley flour and pellets, oats, maize, maize flour and pellets, barley groats and meal, cereal grains otherwise worked, honey, eggs, poultry and sugar, refer to all products covered by the tariff-rate quotas in the Appendix to Annex I-A of the Association Ag…
Removed:The proposed regulation extends the EU’s current trade liberalisation measures for products originating in Ukraine, originally adopted in May 2022 and extended in May 2023, by another year as of its current expiry date (5 June 2024).
Removed:The proposal provides for the temporary suspension of all outstanding customs duties under Title IV of the Association Agreement between the EU and Ukraine establishing a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). This concerns two categories of products: fruits and vegetables subject to the entry-price system, and agricultural products and processed agricultural products which are subject to tariff-rate quotas. Moreover, the application of the relevant parts of the Safeguard Regulation will be temporarily suspended for Ukrainian imports.
Removed:The proposal introduces strengthened safeguard mechanisms to prevent and counteract adverse market effects in the EU Member States. The Commission will be able to take any necessary measures, including the reintroduction of customs duties, if it finds that imports of a specific product covered by this regulation leads to market disturbances in the EU or any of its Member States. For particularly sensitive products, namely poultry, eggs and sugar, the regulation introduces an automatic safeguard, which ensures that duty free imports of those products will be capped at 2022-2023 levels. The Commission will regularly monitor the impact of the trade-liberalisation measures in terms of import volumes and prices.
Removed:The trade liberalising measures are conditional on Ukraine’s respect for democratic principles, human rights and fundamental freedoms and respect for the principle of the rule of law as well as continued and sustained efforts to fight against corruption, organised crime and terrorism.
Removed:Your rapporteur supports the proposed trade liberalisation measures, which are a tangible expression of the EU’s solidarity with Ukraine in the face of the continuing Russian war of aggression. The temporary suspension of tariffs on agricultural products, one of the country’s main income sources, will help stabilise the Ukrainian economy and enhance its trade relations with the EU. The measures will also facilitate Ukraine’s gradual integration into the EU’s internal market and alignment with EU standards, thereby supporting the country in its path toward EU membership.
Removed:In light of the above considerations, your rapporteur takes the view that the European Parliament should adopt the Commission’s proposal to extend for one more year the EU’s trade-liberalisation measures for Ukraine.