Changes between two versions
What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report
From · draft committee report· 6 Jan 2022
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
To · plenary report· 17 May 2022
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
AI:What changed, in short
The changes strengthen conditionality for standard GSP and GSP+ by requiring ratification and implementation of conventions, and add new definitions and procedures for monitoring and withdrawal.37813 The changes introduce new provisions on safeguards, migration, and civil society consultation, and modify the tariff suspension schedules.12192047 The changes remove the concept of sustainable products and the associated tariff reductions, and adjust the product graduation criteria.131920 The changes add a human rights and environmental impact assessment for granting preferences and allow for sectoral withdrawal.50 The other changes are formal: updated references, spelling corrections, and terminology alignment.11736
46 changes of substance · 3 formal · 1 of wording only
Written by AI from the two texts only · read the changes before relying on it · 4 Sept 2026 · Report a problem
+156 added · −49 removed · 42 changed paragraphs, packaging included.
Part 5 of 8: Paragraphs 191–195
Removed:Annex 6 – point 19 a (new): 19a. Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention of 1930
Added:Annex IV: Modalities for the application of Article 8, Article 29 and Article 29a / 2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 % / 3. Article 8 and 29a shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a and S-11b of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 37 %. / 3a. Article 29 and 29a shall apply for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 100610, 100620, 100630, and 1701 when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of those Articles exceeds 10 %.
Removed:Annex 6 – point 19 b (new): 19b. Occupational Safety and health Convention No 155 (1981).
Added:Annex VI new: 1a. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998) / 3a. First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) / 3b. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989)
Removed:Annex 6 – paragraph 19 c (new): 19c. Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention No187 (2006).