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DRAFT REPORT (COM(2025)0229 – C100083/2025 – 2025/0108(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/823 of 28 February 2024 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process

INTA-PR-775660

Committee on International Trade · Rapporteur: Kris Van Dijck

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The draft report concerns a Commission proposal to amend Regulation (EU) 2024/823 on exceptional trade measures for countries and territories in the Stabilisation and Association Process. The rapporteur supports the proposal without amendments, extending the measures until 2030 and deleting the obsolete reference to fisheries.

Committee position. The rapporteur supports the Commission proposal without amendments, recommending that Parliament adopt its position at first reading taking over the proposal.

Key points

  1. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament adopt its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal without amendments.
  2. The proposal extends the exceptional trade measures until 2030, providing market access stability for agricultural products from the Western Balkans.
  3. The proposal deletes the obsolete reference to fisheries and clarifies rules on suspension and temporary suspension of benefits.
  4. The measures cover suspension of specific duties for fruits and vegetables under the entry-price system and access to tariff quotas for wine.
  5. The extension maintains the conditionality framework ensuring compliance with democratic principles, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.
  6. The proposal has no additional budgetary implications for the EU.
  7. The extension aligns with the Commission's Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, adopted in November 2023.

Who is affected

  • Western Balkan countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association Process benefit from continued trade preferences.
  • Agricultural producers in the region, especially of fruits, vegetables, and wine, retain market access to the EU.
  • EU economic operators trading with the region gain legal certainty and continuity.

Figures and deadlines

  • Trade covered by the measures grew by over 125% between 2018 and 2024, from EUR 60.5 million to EUR 137 million.
  • Total EU-Western Balkans trade exceeded EUR 83 billion in 2024.
  • The EU accounts for almost 78% of regional exports and nearly 59% of imports in goods.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 207(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union