What changed

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

P10_TA(2024)0071

on the draft Council decision on the accession of Tuvalu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part

EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu

(05757/2024 – C90033/2024 – 2023/0456(NLE))

Committee on International Trade

PE765.181

European Parliament legislative resolution of 18 December 2024 on the draft Council decision on the accession of Tuvalu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (05757/2024 – C9-0033/2024 – 2023/0456(NLE))

(Consent)

2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Tuvalu.

EXPLANTORY STATEMENT

Tuvalu will lose the EU's Everything-But-Arms (EBA) preferences soon as it is expected to graduate from the Least Developed Countries (LDC) status in 2024.

In order to support its transition and to maintain full duty-free-quota-free access to the EU market, it will be beneficial for Tuvalu to accede to the interim EPA (iEPA) between the EU and the Pacific States (Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Solomon Islands).

Your rapporteur supports the economic integration of the Pacific States and welcomes the accession of Tuvalu to the iEPA as this will be beneficial for the region as well as for trade relations with the European Union.

ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE