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DRAFT BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT (COM(2025)0472 – C100192/2025 – 2025/0260(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the non-application of customs duties on imports of certain goods

BUDG-PA-778167

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Sandra Gómez López

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The Committee on Budgets' draft opinion assesses the budgetary impact of a proposal to indefinitely extend duty-free imports of certain US lobsters and expand it to prepared lobster, finding it compatible with the EU budget.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets concludes that the proposal is compatible with the EU budget and submits an amendment adding a recital on budgetary assessment.

Key points

  1. The proposal extends indefinitely the non-application of customs duties on certain US lobsters and includes prepared lobster, with retroactive effect from 1 August 2025.
  2. Customs duties are a traditional own resource, accounting for around 10-15% of total own resources revenue, corresponding in 2025 to EUR 22.2 billion.
  3. The estimated annual budgetary impact is EUR 7.5 million for certain lobsters and approximately EUR 48,000 for prepared lobster.
  4. Member States retain 25% of collected duties as collection costs; Parliament supports increasing the share of traditional own resources.
  5. The effect on overall Union revenues is limited but not insignificant, and the proposal has no relevant impact on expenditure.
  6. The proposal is compatible with budgetary principles of the Financial Regulation.
  7. Amendment 1 adds a recital stating that the budgetary implications have been assessed under Article 310(4) TFEU and that sufficient resources should be provided.

Who is affected

  • US lobster exporters and EU importers of certain and prepared lobster benefit from continued duty-free access.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 22.2 billion: total own resources revenue in 2025 from traditional own resources.
  • EUR 7.5 million: estimated annual budgetary impact for certain lobsters.
  • EUR 48,000: estimated annual budgetary impact for prepared lobster.
  • 25%: share of collected duties retained by Member States as collection costs.

Legal basis: Article 310(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union