2 Amendments of Molly SCOTT CATO related to 2018/0158(COD)
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) However, given the time limits imposed on this process by the negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the Union, it is possible that agreements may not be concluded with all WTO Members concerned in relation to all of the tariff rate quotas on the date Union's WTO schedule of concessions and commitments on trade in goods cease to apply to the United Kingdom. In view of the need to ensure legal certainty and the continuous smooth operation of imports under the tariff rate quotas to the Union and the United Kingdom it is necessary for the Union to be able to proceed unilaterally to the apportionment of the tariff rate quotas. The methodology used should be in line with the requirements of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994. Conformity with this Article is necessary to provide as much legal certainty as possible, in the event that a dispute settlement case is brought to the WTO against any part of this agreement. Further, given the challenges within the currently incomplete Appellate Body of the WTO, delays in dispute settlement cases can be expected to continue.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation should apply from the moment that Union's WTO schedule ceases to apply to the United Kingdom given that from that moment both the Union and the United Kingdom need to know what their WTO obligations are. At the present stage of the withdrawal negotiations between the Union and the United Kingdom it is not possible to determine the exact date when this will happen. Further, this Regulation must also apply in the event that the United Kingdom withdraws from the Union without a withdrawal agreement having been reached. It should therefore be provided that this Regulation shall apply either from the date provided for in a withdrawal agreement between the Union and the United Kingdom under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union or from 30 March 2019, that is two years after the date of the United Kingdom's notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union