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RECOMMENDATION (10844/2023 – C100282/2025 – 2023/0183(NLE))

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 People`s Republic of China 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

A-10-2026-0026

Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Jérémy Decerle

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement with China modifying tariff rate quotas after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.

Key points

  1. The agreement modifies concessions on all tariff rate quotas in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the UK's withdrawal.
  2. Parliament consents to the conclusion of the agreement.
  3. The negotiations were based on a joint approach to apportion the EU28 WTO schedule's 143 TRQs between the EU27 and the UK, maintaining existing volumes.
  4. The apportionment methodology uses trade flows from 2013 to 2015 and is detailed in Regulation (EU) 2019/216.
  5. China has negotiating rights for 32 TRQs and consultation rights for 11 TRQs; changes were agreed for garlic and processed poultry meat, and China accepted modifications for 8 other TRQs.

Who is affected

  • The European Union and the People's Republic of China, as parties to the agreement.
  • Traders in agricultural, fish and industrial goods subject to the modified tariff rate quotas.

Figures and deadlines

  • 143 EU agricultural, fish and industrial WTO tariff rate quotas.
  • 3-year reference period from 2013 to 2015.
  • 32 TRQs with negotiating rights and 11 TRQs with consultation rights for China.
  • 10 TRQs where original volumes were not accepted; changes agreed for 2 TRQs (garlic and processed poultry meat).

Legal basis: Article 207(4) and Article 218(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union