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Proposal for a regulation
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The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) Olive oil is Tunisia’s main agricultural export product to the Union and ~~the~~ olive oil ~~industry is an important part of the country’s economy~~production is an agricultural speciality of some Member States’ regions, especially in Greece, Italy, France and Spain.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The Union can best support Tunisia’s economy, in accordance with the objectives set out in the European Neighbourhood Policy and in the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement, by providing an attractive and reliable market for Tunisia’s exports of olive oil. This requires autonomous trade measures allowing for the import of this product into the Union on the basis of a duty free tariff quotaIn order to preserve the stability of Member States’ olive oil production, the present customs treatment of Tunisian olive oil, which is already in plentiful supply on the European market, should continue to apply unchanged.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) In their Decision No 534/2014/EU1a, the European Parliament and the Council have already granted EUR 300 million to the Republic of Tunisia. 1a Decision No 534/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 providing macro- financial assistance to the Republic of Tunisia (OJ L 151, 21.5.2014, p.9)

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)

(4b) The opaque and misleading Union rules regulating olive oil labelling do not allow consumers to recognise the real origin of the product and an increase in Tunisian imports would bring imbalance to Union markets.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The specific autonomous trade measures established by this Regulation ~~are intended to~~cannot concretely alleviate the difficult economic situation, which Tunisia is currently facing, due to the terrorist attacks. Those measures should therefore be limited in time and be without prejudice to the negotiations between the Union and Tunisia on the establishment of a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which are to start in October 2015. An extension of the application period may be contemplated at the end of this period if warranted by the market situation or progress in the DCFTA negotiations.

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In view of the severe damage done to Tunisia’s economy, and in particular its tourism sector, by the terrorist attack in Sousse on 26 June 2015, and the need to take measures to alleviate Tunisia’s economic situation in the short term, it was considered to be appropriate to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,deleted

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

~~An annual duty free tariff quota of 35 000 tons is opened for imports into the Union of virgin olive oil originating in Tunisia and falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90.~~deleted

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

Edouard FERRAND, Matteo SALVINI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

~~The Commission shall administer the tariff rate quota in accordance with Article 184 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.~~deleted

2015/12/16
Committee: INTA

9 Amendments of Matteo SALVINI related to 2015/0218(COD)

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