14 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2018/0101(COD)
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Union regularly concludes trade agreements (‘Agreements’) with third countries which mayand grants preferential treatment which should include bilateral safeguard clauses. It is necessary to lay down the procedures to guarantee the effective application of the safeguard clauses that will have been agreed with the countries concerned.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Close monitoring of sensitive products, if any, 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 or stakeholders or by the European Parliament.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down provisions for the implementation of the bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms on the temporary withdrawal of tariff preferences or other preferential treatment contained in the Agreements concluded between the Union and a third country referred to in the Annex.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘bilateral safeguard clause’ means a provision set out in an Agreement between the Union and one or more third countries concerned referred to in the Annex on the temporary or definitive suspension of tariff preferences;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) ‘Union industry’ means the Union producers as a whole of the like or directly competitive products, operating within the territory of the Union, or Union producers whose collective output of the like or directly competitive products constitutes a major proportion of the total Union production of those products, or, where a like or a directly competitive product is only one of several products that are made by the Union producers, the Union industry shall be defined in relation to the specific operations that are involved in the production of the like or directly competitive product;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) ‘serious injury’ means a significant overall impairment to the position of Union industry or to a productive sector in a Member State;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) ‘threat of serious injury’ to the position of Union industry means serious injury that is clearly imminent;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall monitor weekly the evolution of import statistics of sensitive products, if any, mentioned in Annex in respect of each Agreement. For that purpose, the Commission shall cooperate and exchange data on a regular basis with Member States and the Union industry.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Upon a duly justified request by the Union industry concerned, other relevant stakeholders or the European Parliament, the Commission may extend the scope of the monitoring to other sectors, if any, than those mentioned in the Annex.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament, or on the Commission's own initiative, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 6(5).
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. The Commission shall, as soon as the necessary technical framework is in place, ensure password-protected online access to the non-confidential file (the online platform), which it shall manage and through which all information which is relevant and is not confidential within the meaning of Article 12 shall be disseminated. Interested parties, Member States and the European Parliament shall be granted access to that platform.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission shall hear interested parties, in particular where they have made a written application within the period laid down in the notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union, demonstrating that they are likely to be affected by the outcome of the investigation and that there are special reasons for them to be heard orally. The Commission shall hear interested parties on further occasions if there are special reasons therefor. The Commission shall facilitate the access to the investigation for micro, small and medium enterprises through appropriate helpdesks.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to Union or a Member State production, and under such conditions as,
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Provisional safeguard measures shall not apply for more than 200 calendar days, unless an investigation to impose definitive safeguard measures is still ongoing.