Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

11.12.2025 A10-0254/28

Amendment 28

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission at the request of a Member State, of any natural or legal person that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, or of any association not having legal personality that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to the Union industry, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 7(5).

1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission at the request of a Member State, of any natural or legal person acting on behalf of the Union industry, of any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry, or of a trade union representing workers of the Union industry, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to the Union industry, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 7(5).

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11.12.2025 A10-0254/29

Amendment 29

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 5 – paragraph 1

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission at the request of a Member State, of any natural or legal person that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, or of any association not having legal personality that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to the Union industry, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 7(5).

1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission at the request of a Member State, the European Parliament, of any natural or legal person that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, or of any association not having legal personality that is acting on behalf of the Union industry, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to the Union industry, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 7(5).

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11.12.2025 A10-0254/30

Amendment 30

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. The Commission shall examine, as a matter of priority, whether such prima facie evidence exists in cases where there is a surge of imports or a decrease in domestic prices concentrated in one or several Member States, or where there is a surge of imports or a decrease in the price of a product and the Union producers of like or directly competitive products are predominantly established in one or several Member States.

2. The Commission shall examine, as a matter of priority, whether such prima facie evidence exists in cases where there is a surge of imports or a decrease in domestic prices or a fall in market share, in relation to the Union industry concentrated in one or several Member States, or where there is a surge of imports or a decrease in the price of a product or a fall in market share, in relation to the Union industry, and the Union producers of like or directly competitive products are predominantly established in one or several Member States.

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11.12.2025 A10-0254/31

Amendment 31

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

3. The Commission shall treat, in the absence of contrary indications, an increase in volume of more than 10% year-on-year, as a rule, of the imports under preferential terms of a given product from a country concerned as prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to Union industry, if, at the same time, the average import price for those imports from a country concerned is at least 10%, as a rule, below the relevant average domestic price of like or directly competitive products during the same period, based on available data.

3. The Commission shall treat, in the absence of contrary indications, an increase in volume of more than 10% year-on-year, as a rule, of the imports under preferential terms of a given product from a country concerned as prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to Union industry,

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11.12.2025 A10-0254/32

Amendment 32

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 6 – paragraph 4

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

4. The Commission shall treat, in the absence of contrary indications, a decrease of more than 10% year-on-year, as a rule, in the average import price of a given product from a country concerned imported into the Union on preferential terms as prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to Union industry, if at the same time the average import price for that product from a country concerned is at least 10%, as a rule, below the relevant average domestic price of like or directly competitive products during the same period, based on available data.

4. The Commission shall treat, in the absence of contrary indications, a decrease of more than 10% year-on-year, as a rule, in the average import price of a given product from a country concerned imported into the Union on preferential terms as prima facie evidence of serious injury or the threat of serious injury to Union industry,

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11.12.2025 A10-0254/33

Amendment 33

Manon Aubry, Lynn Boylan, Luke Ming Flanagan, Kathleen Funchion, Anja Hazekamp, Danilo Della Valle, Arash Saeidi

on behalf of The Left Group

Report A10-0254/2025

Gabriel Mato

Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products

(COM(2025)0639 – C10-0247/2025 – 2025/0322(COD))

Proposal for a regulation

Article 7 – paragraph 5

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

5. The Commission shall evaluate all relevant factors of an objective and quantifiable nature that affect the situation of the Union industry, in particular the rate and amount of the increase in imports of the product concerned in absolute and relative terms, the share of the domestic market taken by the increased imports, and changes regarding the Union industry with respect to the level of sales, production, productivity, capacity utilisation, profits and losses, and employment. This list is not exhaustive, and the Commission may take other relevant factors into consideration for its determination of the existence of serious injury or threat of serious injury, such as stocks, prices, return of capital employed, cash flow, the level of market shares, and other factors which are causing or may have caused serious injury, or threaten to cause serious injury to the Union industry.

5. The Commission shall evaluate all relevant factors of an objective and quantifiable nature that affect the situation of the Union industry, in particular the rate and amount of the increase in imports of the product concerned in absolute and relative terms, the share of the domestic market taken by the increased imports, and changes regarding the Union industry with respect to the level of sales, production, productivity, capacity utilisation, profits and losses, and employment. This list is not exhaustive, and the Commission shall also take other relevant factors into consideration for its determination of the existence of serious injury or threat of serious injury, such as stocks, prices, return on capital employed, cash flow, the level of market shares, environmental or public health impacts, including risks arising from the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in exporting countries, the use of chemical substances banned in the Union, compliance of Mercosur economic operators with Union due diligence and deforestation legislation, and other factors which are causing or may have caused serious injury, or threaten to cause serious injury to the Union industry.

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