8 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2014/0287(COD)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) As a condition for the application of the tariff treatment granted under this Regulation, Ecuador should abstain from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect or new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect for imports originating in the Union, or from increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions from [the date of initialling of the Protocol of Accession]. This condition is without prejudice to Ecuador's right to apply safeguard clauses to protect itself from a sudden increase in the import of products from the EU, in such quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to Ecuadorian producers of like or directly competing products, into the territory of Ecuador, provided that such measures are in conformity with the Agreement on Safeguards adopted pursuant to Article XIX of GATT 1994.
Amendment 14 #
(7) To ensure that Ecuador maintains its commitment to core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance, the application of this measure should be subject to the continued and effective implementation of those conventions as well as to general requirements for all or certain products originating in Ecuador, such as compliance with international conventions on anti-terrorism and money laundering and respect for the objectives adopted by the Regional Fishery Organisation or any international arrangements concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources to which the Union is a party.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) The Commission should monitor the compliance of Ecuador with the conditions laid down in this Regulation and report to the European Parliament and the Council on this matter. The report may be delivered in the form of a score card.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In the event of failure to comply with any of the conditions laid down in this Regulation, implementing powersthe power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of TFEU should be conferrdelegated ton the Commission to suspendin respect of temporarily suspending, in whole or in part, the tariff treatment provided therein. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council1. ________________________ 1Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 ofe Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and tof the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13). The procedure for suspension should be guided by the spirit of the procedure for suspension of GSP+ preferences as defined in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point b
Article 3 – point b
(b) abstention by Ecuador from introducing new duties or charges having equivalent effect and new quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect for imports from the Union, or from increasing existing levels of duties or charges or from introducing any other restrictions from [the date of initialling of the Protocol of Accession], without prejudice to the right of Ecuador to apply safeguard clauses, in conformity with the Agreement on Safeguards adopted pursuant to Article XIX of GATT 1994;
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – point c a (new)
(ca) compliance with international conventions on anti-terrorism and money laundering, compliance with objectives adopted by Regional Fishery Organisations or any international arrangement to which the Union is party concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources.
Amendment 21 #
Article 3a The Commission shall monitor the compliance of Ecuador with the conditions of entitlement to the tariff treatment, as laid down in Article 3 of this Regulation, and report to the European Parliament and the Council on this matter. The report may be delivered in form of a score card.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
Where it finds that there is sufficient evidence of failure to comply with the conditions set out in Article 3, the Commission may adopt implementing acts in order to suspend tariff treatment temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in Ecuador. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 6(2)shall be empowered, after inviting Ecuador and relevant stakeholders for comment, to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4a concerning the temporary suspension of tariff treatment provided for by this regulation, in respect of all or of certain products originating in Ecuador.