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2011/0322(NLE) EU/Russia Agreement: administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood; Protocol on technical modalities

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead INTA VAIDERE Inese (icon: PPE PPE) CUTAȘ George Sabin (icon: S&D S&D), KOCH-MEHRIN Silvana (icon: ALDE ALDE), TAYLOR Keith (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), STURDY Robert (icon: ECR ECR)
Committee Opinion AGRI
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
TFEU 207-p4, TFEU 218-p6a

Events

2012/12/19
   Final act published in Official Journal
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2012/793/EU on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

BACKGROUND: in accordance with Council Decision 2012/105/EU, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, were signed on 16 December 2011, subject to their conclusion.

The Agreement and the Protocol should now be approved on behalf of the EU.

CONTENT: with this Decision, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union, and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement are hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

Principles : in the context of the process of its accession to the WTO, Russia has agreed to reduce its currently applied export duty rates on raw wood products. For certain types of wood, namely some coniferous wood species , Russia has agreed to open tariff-rate quotas for exports of those products and allocate a specific quota share to the EU. The quotas have been set at a level that is relatively large for the EU – at least in consideration of expected demand during the first periods of application. The export duty rates and tariff-rate quotas, as well as the share of those quotas allocated to exports to the EU, have been included in Russia's Schedule of Concessions, which will be annexed to Russia's WTO accession Protocol.

A bilateral agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, negotiated between the EU and the Russian Federation establishes general provisions on the implementation of the share of the tariff-rate quotas for exports of wood products concerned to the EU . In particular, the Agreement provides that quantities of the EU share of the tariff-rate quotas shall be managed by the EU, and that the Russian Federation shall issue export licences based on the relevant import documentation issued by the EU.

The Agreement also provides for the elaboration by the EU and Russia more detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas by the entry into force of the Agreement. Such technical modalities are contained in a Protocol, negotiated between the EU and Russia. The Protocol establishes the rules regarding the management of the export tariffrate quotas and of exports within those quotas, including provisions on the cooperation of the competent authorities of the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the system.

Provisional application : in order to ensure the effective application of the management system provided for in the Agreement and the Protocol by the time of the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Agreement and the Protocol should be applied provisionally from the date of such accession.

Implementation conditions : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and the Protocol regarding the management of the tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: this Decision shall enter into force on 11 December 2012. The date of entry into force of the Agreement and the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.

Documents
Decision 2012/793
OJ L 349 19.12.2012, p. 0003
2012/12/11
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
2012/12/11
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2012/12/11
   CSL - Council Meeting
2012/11/21
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
Documents
Results of vote in Parliament
2012/11/21
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

Parliament gave its consent to conclusion of the Agreement and of the Protocol.

Documents
T7-0439/2012
2012/07/06
   CSL - Legislative proposal
Documents
16775/1/2011
2012/07/05
   EC - Legislative proposal published
Documents
16775/1/2011
2012/06/01
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Details

The Committee on International Trade adopted the report drafted by Inese VAIDERE (EPP, LV) in which it recommends the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

Members recall that the EU has a strong offensive interest in this agreement as it provides for significant improvement in the supply of wood from Russia . It is paramount to avoid recurrence of the consecutive increases of wood export duties applied by Russia since 2007 which affected many EU producers. The agreement brings more predictability and better trade conditions.

Documents
A7-0177/2012
2012/05/30
   EP - Vote in committee
2012/04/02
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE486.173
2012/03/07
   PT_PARLIAMENT - Contribution
Documents
COM(2011)0722
2012/01/25
   EP - VAIDERE Inese (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2012/01/17
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2011/12/09
   CSL - Initial legislative proposal
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from Russia to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, were signed and subject to their conclusion.

It is now necessary to approve the Agreement and the Protocol.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

LEGAL BASE: the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

CONTENT: in the context of the process of its accession to the WTO, Russia has agreed to reduce its currently applied export duty rates on raw wood products. For certain types of wood, namely some coniferous wood species , Russia has agreed to open tariff-rate quotas for exports of those products and allocate a specific quota share to the EU. The quotas have been set at a level that is relatively large for the EU – at least in consideration of expected demand during the first periods of application. The export duty rates and tariff-rate quotas, as well as the share of those quotas allocated to exports to the EU, have been included in Russia's Schedule of Concessions, which will be annexed to Russia's WTO accession Protocol.

A bilateral agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, negotiated between the EU and the Russian Federation establishes general provisions on the implementation of the share of the tariff-rate quotas for exports of wood products concerned to the EU . In particular, the Agreement provides that quantities of the EU share of the tariff-rate quotas shall be managed by the EU, and that the Russian Federation shall issue export licences based on the relevant import documentation issued by the EU.

The Agreement also provides for the elaboration by the EU and the Russian Federation of more detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas by the entry into force of the Agreement. Such technical modalities are contained in a Protocol, negotiated between the EU and the Government of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol"). The Protocol establishes the rules regarding the management of the export tariff-rate quotas and of exports within those quotas, including provisions on the cooperation of the competent authorities of the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the system.

In order to ensure the effective application of the management system provided for in the Agreement and the Protocol by the time of the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Agreement and the Protocol should be applied provisionally from the date of such accession.

Implementing provisions : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and the Protocol regarding the management of the tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.

BUDGET IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget.

Documents
16775/2011
2011/12/09
   CSL - Document attached to the procedure
Documents
16776/2011
2011/12/08
   EC - Initial legislative proposal published
Details

PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement.

PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.

BACKGROUND: the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from Russia to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, were signed and subject to their conclusion.

It is now necessary to approve the Agreement and the Protocol.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

LEGAL BASE: the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

CONTENT: in the context of the process of its accession to the WTO, Russia has agreed to reduce its currently applied export duty rates on raw wood products. For certain types of wood, namely some coniferous wood species , Russia has agreed to open tariff-rate quotas for exports of those products and allocate a specific quota share to the EU. The quotas have been set at a level that is relatively large for the EU – at least in consideration of expected demand during the first periods of application. The export duty rates and tariff-rate quotas, as well as the share of those quotas allocated to exports to the EU, have been included in Russia's Schedule of Concessions, which will be annexed to Russia's WTO accession Protocol.

A bilateral agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, negotiated between the EU and the Russian Federation establishes general provisions on the implementation of the share of the tariff-rate quotas for exports of wood products concerned to the EU . In particular, the Agreement provides that quantities of the EU share of the tariff-rate quotas shall be managed by the EU, and that the Russian Federation shall issue export licences based on the relevant import documentation issued by the EU.

The Agreement also provides for the elaboration by the EU and the Russian Federation of more detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas by the entry into force of the Agreement. Such technical modalities are contained in a Protocol, negotiated between the EU and the Government of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol"). The Protocol establishes the rules regarding the management of the export tariff-rate quotas and of exports within those quotas, including provisions on the cooperation of the competent authorities of the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the system.

In order to ensure the effective application of the management system provided for in the Agreement and the Protocol by the time of the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Agreement and the Protocol should be applied provisionally from the date of such accession.

Implementing provisions : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and the Protocol regarding the management of the tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.

BUDGET IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget.

Documents
16775/2011
2011/11/10
   EC - Preparatory document
Documents
COM(2011)0722
EUR-Lex
2011/11/10
   EP - Preparatory document
Documents
COM(2011)0722
EUR-Lex

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  • date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00 type: Initial legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0722/COM_COM(2011)0722_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0722 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=722 title: EUR-Lex
  • date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00 type: Initial legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=16775%2F11&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 16775/2011 summary: PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement. PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision. BACKGROUND: the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from Russia to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, were signed and subject to their conclusion. It is now necessary to approve the Agreement and the Protocol. IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out. LEGAL BASE: the first subparagraph of Article 207(4) in conjunction with Article 218(6)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). CONTENT: in the context of the process of its accession to the WTO, Russia has agreed to reduce its currently applied export duty rates on raw wood products. For certain types of wood, namely some coniferous wood species , Russia has agreed to open tariff-rate quotas for exports of those products and allocate a specific quota share to the EU. The quotas have been set at a level that is relatively large for the EU – at least in consideration of expected demand during the first periods of application. The export duty rates and tariff-rate quotas, as well as the share of those quotas allocated to exports to the EU, have been included in Russia's Schedule of Concessions, which will be annexed to Russia's WTO accession Protocol. A bilateral agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, negotiated between the EU and the Russian Federation establishes general provisions on the implementation of the share of the tariff-rate quotas for exports of wood products concerned to the EU . In particular, the Agreement provides that quantities of the EU share of the tariff-rate quotas shall be managed by the EU, and that the Russian Federation shall issue export licences based on the relevant import documentation issued by the EU. The Agreement also provides for the elaboration by the EU and the Russian Federation of more detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas by the entry into force of the Agreement. Such technical modalities are contained in a Protocol, negotiated between the EU and the Government of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the "Protocol"). The Protocol establishes the rules regarding the management of the export tariff-rate quotas and of exports within those quotas, including provisions on the cooperation of the competent authorities of the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the system. In order to ensure the effective application of the management system provided for in the Agreement and the Protocol by the time of the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Agreement and the Protocol should be applied provisionally from the date of such accession. Implementing provisions : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and the Protocol regarding the management of the tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. BUDGET IMPLICATION: the proposal has no implication for the EU budget.
  • date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2012-05-30T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-177&language=EN title: A7-0177/2012 summary: The Committee on International Trade adopted the report drafted by Inese VAIDERE (EPP, LV) in which it recommends the European Parliament to give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement. Members recall that the EU has a strong offensive interest in this agreement as it provides for significant improvement in the supply of wood from Russia . It is paramount to avoid recurrence of the consecutive increases of wood export duties applied by Russia since 2007 which affected many EU producers. The agreement brings more predictability and better trade conditions.
  • date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=16775%2F11&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 16775/1/2011
  • date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21655&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-439 title: T7-0439/2012 summary: The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement. Parliament gave its consent to conclusion of the Agreement and of the Protocol.
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament body: EP/CSL
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to conclude the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the EU and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and the Government of Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2012/793/EU on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement. BACKGROUND: in accordance with Council Decision 2012/105/EU, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Russia relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from Russia to the EU and the Protocol between the EU and Russia on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement, were signed on 16 December 2011, subject to their conclusion. The Agreement and the Protocol should now be approved on behalf of the EU. CONTENT: with this Decision, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union, and the Protocol between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on technical modalities pursuant to that Agreement are hereby approved on behalf of the Union. Principles : in the context of the process of its accession to the WTO, Russia has agreed to reduce its currently applied export duty rates on raw wood products. For certain types of wood, namely some coniferous wood species , Russia has agreed to open tariff-rate quotas for exports of those products and allocate a specific quota share to the EU. The quotas have been set at a level that is relatively large for the EU – at least in consideration of expected demand during the first periods of application. The export duty rates and tariff-rate quotas, as well as the share of those quotas allocated to exports to the EU, have been included in Russia's Schedule of Concessions, which will be annexed to Russia's WTO accession Protocol. A bilateral agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, negotiated between the EU and the Russian Federation establishes general provisions on the implementation of the share of the tariff-rate quotas for exports of wood products concerned to the EU . In particular, the Agreement provides that quantities of the EU share of the tariff-rate quotas shall be managed by the EU, and that the Russian Federation shall issue export licences based on the relevant import documentation issued by the EU. The Agreement also provides for the elaboration by the EU and Russia more detailed technical modalities on the management of the tariff-rate quotas by the entry into force of the Agreement. Such technical modalities are contained in a Protocol, negotiated between the EU and Russia. The Protocol establishes the rules regarding the management of the export tariffrate quotas and of exports within those quotas, including provisions on the cooperation of the competent authorities of the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation necessary to ensure the adequate operation of the system. Provisional application : in order to ensure the effective application of the management system provided for in the Agreement and the Protocol by the time of the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, the Agreement and the Protocol should be applied provisionally from the date of such accession. Implementation conditions : in order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement and the Protocol regarding the management of the tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the Union, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers. ENTRY INTO FORCE: this Decision shall enter into force on 11 December 2012. The date of entry into force of the Agreement and the Protocol will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council. docs: title: Decision 2012/793 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32012D0793 title: OJ L 349 19.12.2012, p. 0003 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2012:349:TOC
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  • date: 2011-11-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0722/COM_COM(2011)0722_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0722 type: Initial legislative proposal published celexid: CELEX:52011PC0722:EN body: EC type: Initial legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade Commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
  • date: 2011-12-09T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=16775%2F11&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Initial legislative proposal published title: 16775/2011 body: EC type: Initial legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade Commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
  • date: 2012-01-17T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development committee: AGRI body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: CUTAŞ George Sabin group: ALDE name: KOCH-MEHRIN Silvana group: Verts/ALE name: TAYLOR Keith group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: PPE name: VAIDERE Inese
  • date: 2012-05-30T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development committee: AGRI body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: CUTAŞ George Sabin group: ALDE name: KOCH-MEHRIN Silvana group: Verts/ALE name: TAYLOR Keith group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: PPE name: VAIDERE Inese
  • body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-177&language=EN type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading title: A7-0177/2012 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Agriculture and Rural Development committee: AGRI body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: CUTAŞ George Sabin group: ALDE name: KOCH-MEHRIN Silvana group: Verts/ALE name: TAYLOR Keith group: ECR name: STURDY Robert group: GUE/NGL name: SCHOLZ Helmut responsible: True committee: INTA date: 2012-01-25T00:00:00 committee_full: International Trade rapporteur: group: PPE name: VAIDERE Inese date: 2012-06-01T00:00:00
  • date: 2012-07-06T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=16775%2F11&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC type: Legislative proposal published title: 16775/1/2011 body: EC type: Legislative proposal published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/trade/ title: Trade Commissioner: DE GUCHT Karel
  • date: 2012-11-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21655&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-439 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0439/2012 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: General Affairs meeting_id: 3210
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 body: EP type: End of procedure in Parliament
  • date: 2012-12-11T00:00:00 body: EP/CSL type: Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
  • date: 2012-12-19T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32012D0793 title: Decision 2012/793 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2012:349:TOC title: OJ L 349 19.12.2012, p. 0003
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