REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Tabled by Daniele Polato

Added: Article29a 1. When imports of products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 10, 1006 20 and 1006 30 originating in a beneficiary country exceed, cumulatively and at any point of a calendar year, the yearly import volumes established for each beneficiary country according to the methodology specified in paragraph 4, by 20 %, the Commission shall: (i) suspend, with immediate effect, the tariff preferences referred to in Article 1(2) for imports of those products specified in paragraph 1 originating in the beneficiary country concerned for the remainder of the calendar year; (ii) introduce, for the duration of the following calendar year, a tariff-rate quota for imports of those products specified in paragraph 1 originating in the beneficiary country concerned. The tariff-rate quota shall be equal to the country-specific yearly import volume established for the year in which the suspension referred to in point (i) took effect, according to the methodology specified in paragraph 4. Only imports within the tariff-rate quota shall continue to benefit from the tariff preferences referred to in Article 1(2). 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to beneficiary countries with a share for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 10, 1006 20, and 1006 30, considered cumulatively, not exceeding 6 % of total Union imports. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), the arrangements for monitoring the import volumes, for suspending the tariff preferences, and for applying the present mechanism. The first of those implementing acts shall apply as from 1 January 2027. 4. The import volumes for each beneficiary country referred to in paragraph 1, applicable for the calendar year 2027, shall be determined by the arithmetic mean of the annual import volumes of the EU originating in each beneficiary country from 1 January 2015 until 31 December 2024. By 31 December 2027 and by 31 December every year thereafter, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2) to specify the import volumes referred to in paragraph 1 and applicable for the following calendar year, on the basis of the arithmetic mean of the annual import volumes of the EU originating in each beneficiary country during the ten preceding calendar years, based on the most recent available data. 5. The report on the application of this Regulation provided for in Article 40, second paragraph, shall include an assessment of the need for and the functioning of the present mechanism.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE760.655