8 Amendments of Sofia RIBEIRO related to 2018/0101(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The Agreements may also include other mechanisms, such as the stabilisation mechanism for bananas, for temporary withdrawal of tariff or of other preferential treatment. It is also necessary to lay down the procedures for the application of such mechanisms, where included in the Agreements.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Close monitoring of sensitive products, if any, – including products from the outermost regions, which are key to these small, remote and often insular economies – should facilitate a timely decision concerning the possible initiation of an investigation and subsequent application of measures. Therefore the Commission should regularly monitor imports of sensitive products, if any, from the date of provisional application or entry into force of the Agreements, if there is no provisional application. Monitoring should be extended to other sectors upon a duly justified request made by the relevant industry.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) Provisions implementing mechanisms for the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences in certain agreements between the European Union and certain third countries will be adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘sensitive product’ means a product identified in a specific agreement as being relatively more vulnerable to a surge of imports than other products, or any product from an outermost region;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Outermost regions Where a product originating from a country that is party to the agreement with the EU is imported in such large quantities or under such conditions as to cause or potentially cause serious damage to the economic situation in one or more of the EU outermost regions as defined in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a safeguard measure may be imposed under this Regulation, and any other necessary measure may be adopted.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Where an Agreement provides for other mechanisms, such as the stabilisation mechanism for bananas, and criteria permitting temporary withdrawal of preferences in respect of certain products, the Commission shall, where the conditions laid down in the relevant Agreement are met, adopt duly justified implementing acts:
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) suspending or confirming the non- suspension of the preferences for the product concerned;
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. If an agreement provides for a stabilisation mechanism for bananas, the arrangements provided for in Regulation 2017/540 and the declaration in the annex shall apply mutatis mutandis. The Commission shall extend and strengthen the banana stabilisation mechanism in the agreements in which it will expire in 2020.