| Author (Corporate) | European Commission |
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| Series Title | COM |
| Series Details | (2015) 201 final (18.5.15) |
| Publication Date | 18/05/2015 |
| Content Type | Policy-making |
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The Commission, assisted by the Economic Tariff Questions Group (ETQG), has reviewed all requests for temporary suspension of autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties forwarded by the Member States. ETQG consists of delegations from all Member States plus Turkey. It met three times before the changes laid down in this proposal have been agreed. Each request (new, amended or rolled-over requests) has been assessed carefully by the group. In particular, preventing any harm for EU producers and the strengthening and consolidation of the competiveness of EU production are part of the examination of each case. This assessment has been carried out by discussions within the group and consultation by Member States of the concerned industries, associations, chambers of commerce and other stakeholders involved. This proposal concerns a number of agricultural and industrial products. The suspension requests were examined in the light of the criteria set out in the Communication from the Commission concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas. Following this review, the Commission considers that the suspension of duties is justified for the products listed in the table under point (1)(b) of the Annex of this proposal. Also, the table under point (1)(b) of the Annex lists i) products for which the wording of their description had to be changed or ii) products for which a new CN or TARIC code became necessary. Products for which tariff suspension is no longer in the Union's economic interests have to be withdrawn. Accordingly, the table under point (1)(c) of the Annex lists the products removed from Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 and products for which the wording of their description had to be changed or products for which a new CN or TARIC code became necessary or which are replaced by new description or codes in the table under point (1)(b) of the Annex. The list of relevant supplementary units in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013 should be updated. Thus, the table under point (2)(a) of the Annex contains the list of codes of the supplementary units of the products listed in the table under point (1)(b) of the Annex of this proposal and the table under point 2(b) of the Annex of the proposal lists codes of the supplementary units of the products removed from the Annex I of the above mentioned Regulation. Finally, it is proposed to add a new paragraph in Article 1 strictly limiting the scope of the suspensions to the products described in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1387/2013. The proposal is in line with the trade, enterprise, development and external relations policies. Particularly, this proposal is not at the expense of countries enjoying a preferential trading agreement with the EU (e.g. GSP, ACP regime, candidate countries and potential candidates). |
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| Source Link | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:201:FIN |
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| Subject Categories | Trade |
| Countries / Regions | Europe |
