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

10.12.2025 A10-0254/61

Amendment 61

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 5% compared to the three-year average, 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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10.12.2025 A10-0254/62

Amendment 62

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 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, environmental or public health impacts including risks arising from the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in exporting countries, potential public-health threats linked to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria entering the Union via animal-derived products, and resulting structural competitive disadvantages for Union producers, the use of chemical substances banned in the Union, compliance of Mercosur economic operators with Union due diligence and deforestation legislations 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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Justification

The amendment outlines what kind of “other relevant factors” the Commission may take into consideration. Therefore, this complies with both the EU-Mercosur Agreement and the 2019 Safeguard Regulation

10.12.2025 A10-0254/63

Amendment 63

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 10

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

10. The Commission shall facilitate access to the investigation for diverse and fragmented industry sectors, which are largely composed of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through a dedicated SME Helpdesk, for example by raising awareness, by providing general information and explanations on procedures and on how to submit a request, by releasing standard questionnaires in all official languages of the Union and by replying to general, non-case-specific queries. The SME Helpdesk shall make available standard forms for statistics to be submitted for standing purposes and questionnaires.

10. The Commission shall facilitate access to the investigation for diverse and fragmented industry sectors, which are largely composed of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), through a dedicated SME Helpdesk, for example by cooperating with the organisations representing the Union industry in view of raising awareness, by providing general information and explanations on procedures and on how to submit a request, by releasing standard questionnaires in all official languages of the Union and by replying to general, non-case-specific queries. The SME Helpdesk shall make available standard forms for statistics to be submitted for standing purposes and questionnaires.

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10.12.2025 A10-0254/64

Amendment 64

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 12 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

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.

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10.12.2025 A10-0254/65

Amendment 65

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 14 – paragraph 2

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

2. The report shall include, inter alia, information on the application of any provisional and definitive safeguard measures, any prior surveillance measures, any regional surveillance and safeguard measures, the termination of any investigations or proceedings without measures.

2. The report shall include, inter alia, information on the application of any provisional and definitive safeguard measures, any prior surveillance measures, any regional surveillance and safeguard measures, the termination of any investigations or proceedings without measures. The report shall also include the findings of the inspections referred to in Article 4(2a), including any irregularities identified, related recommendations, and proposed or implemented corrective actions.

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10.12.2025 A10-0254/66

Amendment 66

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 14 – paragraph 3

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

3. The report shall set out a summary of the statistics and the evolution of trade with each country for which the safeguard measure is in place.

3. The report shall set out a summary of the statistics and the evolution of trade with each country for which the safeguard measure is in place and shall include a summary of the cumulative impact of preferential trade agreements on sensitive products.

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10.12.2025 A10-0254/67

Amendment 67

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 14 – paragraph 5 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

5 a. No later than two years after the date of entry into force of the Agreement and regularly thereafter, the Commission shall assess, after consulting the Union industry, the opportunity to develop differentiated thresholds tailored to the specific characteristics of the product markets.

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Justification

The Commission should have the possibility to determine different thresholds depending on the realities of the products markets. While a threshold set at X% may be relevant for the beef sector, it may not be efficient at that level for the poultry or sugar sector.

10.12.2025 A10-0254/68

Amendment 68

Saskia Bricmont

on behalf of the Verts/ALE 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 15 a (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

Article15a

Accompanying measures

1. The Commission shall work in the context of the review of the harmonised system at the World Customs Organisation in view of the creation of differentiated codes to discriminate better import flows of sensitive products and shall make use of them when implementing the monitoring under this Regulation.

2. In light of the recognition by the European Union and Mercosur of the importance of the responsible management of supply chains and their willingness to cooperate on this issue, the Commission shall ensure that Mercosur economic operators covered by Union due diligence legislation are aware of their obligations.

3. Within two years of the entry into force of the Agreement, the Commission shall present proposals aiming to guarantee reciprocity of standards including through enforceable sustainability provisions aligned with Union environmental, animal welfare, food-safety and labour requirements.

4. The Commission shall facilitate the access of the Union producers covered by a safeguard measure to the Unity Safety Net for the Union agri-food sector.

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