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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union

(12361/2023 – C9XXXX/2023C90003/2024 – 2023/0296(NLE))

(Consent)

– having regard to the draft Council decision (12361/2023),

– having regard to draft Agreementagreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union (12362/2023),

– having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 207(4), first subparagraph, and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (C9XXXX/2023),(C90003/2024),

– having regard to Rule 105(1) and (4), and Rule 114(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the opinionletter offrom the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development,

– having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A90000/2023),(A9-0078/2024),

1. Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

In the light of the above, the Rapporteur recommends that the Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement, without prejudice to its democratic right of continuous scrutiny.

MINORITY POSITION

Pursuant to Rule 55(4) of the Rules of Procedure

Inma Rodríguez-Piñero on behalf of the S&D group

MariePierre Vedrenne on behalf of Renew Europe group

As pro-European political groups, we are devoted to supporting legislative proposals in the interest of the European Union. Therefore, we support the European Commission's adjustment of WTO tariff-rate quotas with Egypt after the exit of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland from the EU. In this sense, our Groups will vote in favour of Mr Marco Campomenosi’s legislative report.

Nevertheless, our Groups would like to state that our support for this report, whose Rapporteur is from the ID Group, does not in any way link us to this political group and the Eurosceptic positions it conveys, against which we firmly are opposed.

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.

29.11.2023

LETTER OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Mr Bernd Lange

Chair of the Committee on International Trade

ASP 12G301

BRUSSELS

Ref.: IPOL-COM-AGRI D(2023) 42069

Subject: Opinion on a proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an agreement between the EU and Egypt on the apportionment of WTO tariff-rate quotas following Brexit (2023/0296(NLE))

Dear Mr Chair,

I refer to the proposals for Council decisions on, respectively, the conclusion of an agreement between the EU and Egypt on the apportionment of WTO tariff-rate quotas following Brexit [2023/0296 (NLE)], and the amendment to the agreement between the EU and Argentina on the same subject [2023/0303 (NLE)].

AGRI Coordinators considered the matter at their meeting of 28 November. They agreed with the above agreement with Egypt and amendment to the agreement with Argentina. Also, they asked me to convey their opinion to you pursuant to Rule 56.

This recommendation was endorsed by the AGRI Committee at its meeting of 7 December 2023.

Yours sincerely,

Norbert Lins

Copy: Mr Martin Hlaváček, AGRI Standing Rapporteur for Brexit related issues

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union

References

12361/2023 – C9-0003/2024 – 2023/0296(NLE)

Date of consultation or request for consent

22.12.2023

Committee responsible

Date announced in plenary

INTA

25.1.2024

Committees asked for opinions

Date announced in plenary

AGRI

25.1.2024

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Marco Campomenosi

24.10.2023

Discussed in committee

25.1.2024

Date adopted

7.3.2024

Result of final vote

+:

–:

0:

31

0

6

Members present for the final vote

Barry Andrews, Geert Bourgeois, Saskia Bricmont, Jordi Cañas, Danuta Maria Hübner, Karin Karlsbro, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Bernd Lange, Thierry Mariani, Margarida Marques, Emmanuel Maurel, Samira Rafaela, Catharina Rinzema, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Helmut Scholz, Dominik Tarczyński, Kathleen Van Brempt, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Jörgen Warborn, Jan Zahradil

Substitutes present for the final vote

Marek Belka, Anna Cavazzini, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Enikő Győri, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Manuela Ripa, Witold Jan Waszczykowski

Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote

Andrea Bocskor, Paola Ghidoni, Ivo Hristov, Virginie Joron, Ska Keller, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Dace Melbārde, Wolfram Pirchner, Aušra Seibutytė

Date tabled

8.3.2024

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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