Mise en œuvre de la clause de sauvegarde bilatérale de l’accord de partenariat UE-Mercosur et de l’accord commercial intérimaire UE-Mercosur pour les produits agricoles

Déposé par Saskia Bricmont

Ajouté: Article12a Environment, Health and SPS clause 1. The Commission shall initiate an investigation and adopt safeguard measures under this Regulation where there is credible evidence that imports benefiting from tariff preferences do not meet equivalent environmental, animal welfare, health, food safety, or labor protection requirements applicable to Union producers. 2. In the event of a documented risk to human, animal, or plant health, including the use of production methods prohibited in the Union or failure to comply with sanitary and phytosanitary requirements, the Commission may immediately suspend imports of the product benefiting from tariff preferences, in accordance with Article 9(3). Measures adopted under this Article shall be necessary and proportionate and shall be subject to review in accordance with Article 12.

Texte tel que publié par le PE, en anglais. PE779.036